I believe in the principle that I can make a difference in this world. It may be ever so small, but it will count for the greater good.
A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.
Thankfully, in my youth I had the best financial advisor a son could ask for: my dad Walter. When I got that first signing bonus in 1978, Dad took my cheque, announced, 'This is what we're going to do,' and bought an annuity with it.
You miss every shot you don't take.
Everything I did in hockey, I worked for.
A lot of times, I can turn and pass without even looking.
It really doesn't matter or concern me what people are saying or who thinks who is the favorite. The bottom line is you have to play.
One of the things that made the Black Muslim movement grow was its emphasis upon things African. This was the secret to the growth of the Black Muslim movement. African blood, African origin, African culture, African ties. And you'd be surprised - we discovered that deep within the subconscious of the black man in this country, he is still more African than he is American.
Our kitchen is a kitchen that makes food designed to be tasted with the five senses and it requires concentration to appreciate all that we want to express.
Put personal ambition away from you, and then you will find consolation in living or in dying, whatever may happen to you.
Obama doesn't seem like a burger and a beer kind of guy. I have to say, I don't find that problematic at all.