Hockey Player

I had never won anything until I won my first Stanley Cup.

I was fortunate to play on great teams that allowed me to play with my own personality, which is so important to a goaltender.

The most important record is the wins record that I have.

I was fortunate to be part of great teams that had success, and I was part of great teams that didn't have success.

You learn from your mistakes and you learn from your failures. It's how you get up that defines you to a certain extent.

Before I played in the NHL I had two surgeries. Definitely I was like, 'Wow, this is not good. I haven't played a game yet and I have two surgeries.' I didn't get another one ever again. I was fortunate.

People should realize my job is not as tough as a forward playing 80 games and getting hit every day.

I didn't take any shortcuts for my success, that's for sure.

I think the NHL has done a great job of building the sport as far as getting the people's attention and letting them know what's going on in hockey - especially when the powers meet each other.

Winning is what I need, and winning is what the team needs.

I've played golf everywhere in New Jersey. People are nice to me. It's great.

I hate not playing. That's the bottom line.

There are good people here in the Midwest. That's for sure.

In life, nothing is always fun.

I wasn't ready to get drafted in the first round.

On the personal level, it's hard for a goalie. You don't get awards for save percentage or anything like that. Your work is really put into how many wins you can get, how many times you can get your team in the playoffs and all that. So I took a lot of pride in winning.

Winning makes coaches, teammates, owners, fans all happy... I didn't care if we win 7-6 as long as we win.

For some reason, people think goalies need their rest.

It's amazing what the power of sport does for children and communities.

I'm just glad that people think I'm good. The other way around would not be fun!