My goal was to be at the point - no older than 40 - where I would have enough resources to make a difference in the lives of disadvantaged people.
Hockey has given me everything, most importantly it brought me to Swift Current, where I met my wife Deb.
I know what I want to look like. I don't want to look trashy. I want mothers to be able to look at me and not have to close their kids' eyes!
'Battlefield' was one of those slow-building songs, the way 'Tattoo' was. It was kind of a word-of-mouth hit. The more people heard it, the more they started requesting it on the radio.
I looked massive next to Ryan Seacrest! But I was lucky that I've never had anyone say, 'Jordin, you need to lose weight.'
The merit of a democratic regime rests on one's continual willingness to exchange views, and to compete on the basis of individual merit and capacities.
You see a hockey player, you'd never know he's a professional athlete. But you put the skates on him, and he becomes a beast.
No, I didn't forget Samoan - I understand it when you talk to me but, you know, to put phrases together I sound like I do in English.
Anybody who had come up with a new concept would have been under suspicion for being out of step with the tradition or out of step with the teachings of the church.
Maybe in a few months I can start to daydream if we are still top of the league. That is the main one for us.
I'm not trying to sound pretentious, but we did sell 12 million records on the first album, so we did get paid a little bit.
I always thought I could play pro ball. I had confidence in my ability, You have to. If you don't who will?
There is a difference between conceit and confidence. Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done.
Cancer can take away all of my physical abilities. It cannot touch my mind, it cannot touch my heart, and it cannot touch my soul.
If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you're going to have something special.
You got to be rigorous in your appraisal system. The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
Any jerk can have short-term earnings. You squeeze, squeeze, squeeze, and the company sinks five years later.
We've only been wealthy in this country for 70 years. Who said we ought to have all this? Is it ordained?
It's fantastic for Arsenal, and for English football as well. You've got an English club with a lot of young English talent committing themselves to a club.
I'd like to be a more consistent starter. I'd like a smoother transition from crouching to running. I have to learn to relax during a race and how to breathe.
Whatever way that we have in our head that we expect people to use a software, they'll find other interesting ways to use it that we didn't expect.
