Quotes from Barry Trotz

There's too much parity in the NHL.

In today's sport, coaches are in a partnership with their top players.

One of the things you look for is leadership, and it comes in different forms. There's vocal leaders, there's quiet leaders, there's leaders that lead by example.

You can't take your foot off the pedal; you've got to get pucks to the next level.

You're looking for that prototypical second-line center man. They're not out there. They're just not out there. No one's selling them. No one's giving them away. So we have to produce our own. That's the best way to do it.

Sometimes you get blinded by results rather than the process.

My wife usually gives me a project... I like going to work because I can be the boss for once.

What happens when you have to use your top guys so much, they're going to hit a wall at some point, and they'll go four or five games where they just don't have the juice to play at the level that you need, and therefore your team suffers a little bit.

One thing I've learned from all my time with Team Canada is that they're very, very prepared so knowing that's part of the DNA of Team Canada, you have to be prepared with whatever area your responsibility belongs to.

Cheer the players. They are ones getting it done. They are ones blocking shots, making saves and scoring goals.

As a coach, you look for the elements. Sort of like a chemist, you want to say, 'Okay, here we have all of the parts,' and make what you think will be a successful line.

I became a citizen after 9/11.

I love superstars.

When you sign up for Team Canada, we look for the best way to do things, plain and simple.

Even when I eat, I'll eat my salad first and sort of work around the plate.

I'm a big believer that if you can have success in the playoffs, when it means the most and when the game is at its highest pace, it always carries into the next year and it gives a player confidence.

The team that can be consistent - for the most part all year - is going to be the team that is going to get into the playoffs.

When you surround yourself with some of the best in the business you can only get better.

The thing that got me to change was when my kids would come and tell me I was swearing on TV, so I knew I wanted to make a change.

My oldest daughter got married, she had a wedding in Hawaii and a reception in Nashville, and in between I had a Cup date in Dauphin, Manitoba.

You cannot be a one-trick pony all the time. You have to grow your game.

My son and I ride a tandem bike. We turn the music on and just enjoy riding through our neighborhood.

If you're not playing really well, practices can sort of correct it.

Hopefully when I make it to 80, I can go to a hockey game and watch the Predators and Capitals play with my grandkids. That's probably my legacy on the hockey side.