“In my teams, the goalie is the first attacker, and the striker the first defender.”

“I think, team first. It allows me to succeed, it allows my team to succeed.”

“Dennis is the best player I have ever played with as a partner. It is a dream for a striker to have him in the team with you.”

“Attack, attack, attack—never defend.”

“At first opposites attract. Then opposites attack.”

“Our hockey team consisted of boys seventeen and eighteen years old and I used to watch them play all the time on the outdoor rink. On this one day, I remember it was very cold and I was looking at the game while standing indoors with my back against a stove. The goalie was having trouble and the coach accused him of not doing his best. The goalie was mad and took his skates off. I rushed toward the coach and volunteered to take his place. There was no other goalie around, so I went in the net and played with them the rest of the season.”

“The first step is, if you don't believe it yourself your team darn sure won't.”

“Whether it's a friendly match, or for points, or a final, or any game - I play the same. I'm always trying to be my best, first for my team, for myself, for the fans, and to try and win.”

“If my father had a heart attack, it would give me no solace at all to know his treatment was first tried on a dog.”

“The poor dog, in life the firmest friend,
The first to welcome, foremost to defend.”