"I like to think that I'm a family man first and a professional athlete second." — Gordie Howe

I might have some quibbles with the way the game is played today, but at its core, I know that hockey will always be hockey no matter what year the calendar reads.

I don't want to retire, because you stay retired for an awfully long time.

My mother and dad played the fiddle and the guitar.

I helped put in a rink in Cadillac, Michigan, when my wife was very healthy. She helped them put it in and the rink is going full-bore the last time I was there.