#Team Quotes

“That's the hardest part of this whole process. The best part is picking the players and the worst part is telling basically five players they are not going to play tonight.”

“When I played in a 21-team league, there were six or seven goalies who were just average, and the equipment and pads were smaller. I came in the right era. I played for the right team. It was all speed, and creativity and imagination.”

“Canadian players have started to put more of an importance on the World Championships in the sense that as soon as they lose, they are called, they want to go play and they don't go only on the basis of if they are injured.”

“A-plus players like to work together and they don't like it if you tolerate B work.”

“Great engineers are a huge multiplier.”

“The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.”

“I'd take 12 guys who had a strong passion for the game over 12 guys who don't respect the game.”

“The way you motivate a football team is to eliminate the unmotivated ones.”

“You've got to have great athletes to win, I don't care who the coach is. You can't win without good athletes but you can lose with them. This is where coaching makes the difference.”

“It's not my job to motivate players. They bring extraordinary motivation to our program. It's my job not to de-motivate them.”

“Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.”

“I like playing for the purple and gold. This is where I want to finish up.”