The time of year I love the weather the most here is the fall, and I've never really gotten to experience the mountains and Denver in the fall because I was always playing and traveling.
I think you always hope you can play forever, but you always realize that time will come... I was fortunate I was able to make a decision, move on and do it comfortably.
My wife is wonderful. She's one of the people who has changed my life around... or has allowed ME to change my life around.
Any time you're mentioned in the same breath as Tony Esposito, for whatever reason, it's a great honor. He's one of my idols. He's one of the greatest of all time.
Toronto was a great place to work, a fun place to work. People were so hockey-oriented, hockey-minded, without being too critical. In Montreal, they got downright nasty sometimes.
You know what's good? Going on the ice and knowing that you don't have to skate when the whistle blows. All my life I've been the one skating.
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Ranger fans, they're expecting you to win, so you really want to show up every day.
In Sweden, they broadcast the American shows in English with Swedish subtitles, whereas in many European countries they dub them. Watching those shows in English was big for me.
As a hockey player, playing for an Original Six team at Madison Square Garden, where it's packed every night, there's nothing like it.
There's no way I would have thought I would have had the career that I did and the longevity. Absolutely no idea.
It's always discouraging when you don't have things go your way. They are frustrated just like the rest of us.
I don't think you can run around and crash and bang quite the way that I might have done in the past.
Well, Brett was a pretty laid back kid and I think all the pressure was heaped upon my eldest boy, Bobby.
Anyway, I've never been captain in 16 years in the NHL. But that didn't stop me being a leader in my own way.
Being drafted by the Montreal Canadiens, that was the greatest moment in my career. And stealing the Stanley Cup in 1978 and bringing it back to my hometown of Thurso.
We are all built differently. Some guys are more powerful. Some guys are very tall. I'm not very tall, so I rely on quickness.
How would you like a job where when you made a mistake, a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo?
Hockey has given me everything, most importantly it brought me to Swift Current, where I met my wife Deb.
In the K.H.L., you're even more patient at your position because the rink is so big, you cannot play that way.
Growing up, sports was my outlet, my way to portray a personality. I was very shy around people but, through sports, something I was good at, I was able to make friends.
