Quotes from Barry Trotz

There's stuff in this world, everybody pretends they understand. But we don't understand. It's important to listen.

You don't have that good team effort without good goaltending.

Having a wheel mentality is paramount. It gives you time and space.

Bobby Orr, I thought he was the greatest player of all time because he was so far ahead of the competition in his prime.

To me, the make-up of a modern defenseman, the No. 1 thing is the processing skills.

You go the whole distance as a player, the last thing you probably want is the coach to say, 'Okay, you've gone this far, I'm going to take you out.'

I have one of those faces that you're not going to forget. Kids are scared of me.

I have that look like I'm going to tear your head off. As a younger guy, I think I had that look even more and had a reputation for being in your face a lot, but as I've gotten older I think I've filtered some of that out.

There are a couple things that I could be doing, maybe owning a coffee shop or work in construction, building houses back in Nashville or British Columbia. I've also thought about being a property owner which would give me income and allow me to fix and maintain those properties to keep me busy.

There's a tension in Washington that was undeniable. I could write my name in the air there.

Sometimes when you start playing games you don't get as many practices and you don't get as many touches. People think you have the puck the whole time during a game - you really don't.

I think a lot of times what practice can do for you when guys are playing a lot of minutes, it sometimes takes away a little bit of their sharpness, because they have the puck a lot and all that.

Missing a game or getting a little bit of a bump up or getting a scolding once in a while puts everybody in their right place.

Obviously my former place in Washington, you got stars like Alex Ovechkin. Those are great challenges because you're looking at a player who does something very unique and trying to grow him in areas.

There's times where I go off the rails like anybody else. For the most part, I try to keep it, 'Hey, this is what we're dealt and this is the situation, so let's make the best of it.' Keep a positive attitude.

As I have evolved as a coach, I was a guy who was all about the game and a person who focused on the wins and losses.

I have a list of stuff I need to do during the day. I try to do a couple of hours of professional stuff, be it hockey stuff I haven't gotten to the last little while, husband stuff, everything to repairing stuff around the house that I neglected around the winter.

Every player is wired differently. Some players you know exactly where they're headed, where they're going and what they're thinking. There are other guys wired differently. It allowed me to understand the personality of Alexander Ovechkin.

You get mentally fatigued and you get physically fatigued, too. Usually that's when bad things happen on the ice and then you're more at risk for injury.

The great thing about the Island is you've got room. You can go for a bike ride. We're 20 minutes to a beach, and you can get on the beach and go for a long walk.

When you get everybody going in the right direction you can do some great things, and that's in any business.

There's times I blow my gasket. One thing I learned is I don't hold any grudges.

If you're going to be a championship-caliber team or a threat to be a championship-caliber team you have to play a 200-foot game and you have to produce on both ends of the ice.

I think sports is part of the healing process for society.