Your Friends, Family, And Kids Have To

I'm Not Sure Mario Is Going To Get Accolafes He Deserves, Especially From Outside The Game. But From Within, The Players, The People Who Follow Closely, Realize Exactly What He's Broughtto The Table, Exactly What He Has Done. People Tend To Forget... Hockey Was Dying In Pittsburgh Before He Got There. I Played There. It Was Almost Dead. I'm Sorry, But The Nhl Would Not Have A Franchise In Pittsburgh Today Had Mario Not Come Along. Think About It, No Hockey In Pittsburgh.

In One Sense We Are A Favorite Because We Won A Gold Medal In 2002.

I Grew Up Such A Fan. It Was My Life. Everything I Did Was Hockey Related And Everything I Have Is Because Of Hockey And The Nhl.

You Know, I've Held Women And Babies And Jewels And Money, But Nothing Will Ever Feel As Good As Holding That Cup.

It's Really Hard. And It's Harder Today Because Of The Salary Cap. It Starts In September At Training Camp - Getting Every Guy On The Same Page, Being As Mentally And Physically As Focused As You Can Be. Then In April And May, You Basically Spend Eight Weeks Practising, Watching Video And Playing Games. That's Your Life.