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" And for the team, I always tried to do the right thing. "
Do The Right Thing
Right
Team
" As a kid in British Columbia, going back a long way, I learned to skate. "
Long Way
Back
Going
" Balanced is probably what I am, although that's just a polite way to say that you don't do anything very well. "
You
Well
Way
" Darren McCarty is a big video game guy, and he brings his systems with him on the road. "
Guy
Him
He
" I also feel I adapted. I was willing to try to fit into any role. The way I figured, it was always up to me to prove my worth, that I deserved to be here. "
Me
Feel
Prove
" I don't know if I've ever had a memorable body check. It's not really part of my game. "
Know
Body
Check
" I don't know that I'd agree I was our best player. "
Best
Know
Our
" I don't take anything for granted. "
Anything
Granted
Take
" I hope people like me and appreciate me the way I am. "
Way
People
Appreciate
" I knew if I wanted to be a general manager, I was going to have to leave to work for another organization. "
Knew
Leave
Work
" I look forward to a lot more free time, at least initially, with my wife, Lisa, and our three children. "
Look
Children
Wife
" I'm exhausted trying to stay healthy. "
Healthy
Trying
Exhausted
" I'm never gonna play again, and I know I'm really, really going to miss it. "
Miss
Play
Going
" I'm very confident my health isn't going to allow me to be a good player, especially in the spring. "
Health
Good
Spring
" It's almost like you see too much, because when it happens for real, everything flies at you so fast, you never get a sense of the ice and where everyone is at that one moment. "
See
Too Much
Fast
" It's been a great honor for me to be a player for the Detroit Red Wings, to play for an Original Six franchise. I know I'm far from perfect, but I learned a lot. "
Know
Great
Perfect
" It's true that in Canada, we pride ourselves on the game, and we like to think we're the dominant hockey nation in the world. "
Think
Pride
Hockey
" I've been hit hard a few times, been hit really hard a few times, but I don't think I've ever left a memorable, lasting impression on anyone I've ever hit. "
Hard
Memorable
Left
" I wore No. 19 because of Bryan Trottier. I liked the overall aspect of his game. I liked the way he conducted himself on the ice. He was a quiet guy. He played really hard; just a good all-around, prototypical center man who could do everything. "
Quiet
Everything
Game
" Playoff hockey is the best way to market your team. It's the best way to grow your fan base and give hope to your players and for them to develop. "
Hockey
Grow
Best
" Since the season ended, I've let things settle down, and I have to talk to the coaching staff and management. I really don't want to turn this into a big drama. So I plan on making a definite decision relatively quickly. "
Decision
Management
Coaching
" The 70's hair with the long on the sides, just doesn't look good coming down the sides of the helmet. "
Look
Long
Helmet
" There used to be an old thing where every team had a heavy bag in their locker room for people to punch, but again, it was more about conditioning because if you hit a heavy bag for a minute, it feels like your arms are about to fall off. "
Bag
People
You
" Very few cities in the NHL have the history or the following of the Detroit Red Wings. "
Red
NHL
Few
" We have to get better at that. All of the Stanley Cup winning teams throughout the past few seasons, when they needed to play defense, they did it. If you can play defense, that's when you know it's game over. "
Know
You
Winning
" We have two tables on our airplane that are set up with the games. "
Airplane
Up
Tables
" We penalize and suspend players for making contact with the head while checking, in an effort to reduce head injuries, yet we still allow fighting. We're stuck in the middle and need to decide what kind of sport do we want to be. Either anything goes and we accept the consequences, or take the next step and eliminate fighting. "
Effort
Step
Need
" We used to play a lot outdoors, not in leagues, but just in our spare time. "
Just
Used
Time
" When it gets to this point, it's just hard to pull the trigger. "
Trigger
Gets
Point
" When you're on the ice, you have very little time, you see very little, and everything happens really quick. "
Ice
You
Everything
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