The fans in Montreal are great.

I always look at it this way: You try to create your own luck.

My family doesn't know what vacations are, man.

For a family to have five kids and to have emigrated from the West Indies, my father from Jamaica and my mother from Montserrat - it's not easy to provide for five kids let alone put three kids in AAA hockey, one being a goalie, and put two daughters through university.

I've always been a guy who has had to perform for my team. I have always expected that out of myself.

I embrace responsibility.

It would be a great honor. I'd love to be the captain of the Montreal Canadiens.

This is a game that at the end of the day, it's sports entertainment. We have to perform to keep fans in the seats, and what they pay helps put food on our tables.

I think that in all aspects of the game, especially in professional sports but specifically in hockey, we want to grow the game.

Like I said, I've always been one to let my actions do the talking for me.

I've gotta be ready to play.

I grew up a Montreal Canadiens fan.

It's not a conscious thing for me. But whenever I have the opportunity to bring it, I want to give more than the guy before me. Hockey. Off-ice stuff. Just life in general.

You only have one shot at most things, so why not give it everything you've got, right?

No one remembers the guy who goes out and does an adequate job.

I never look at myself as a black player. I think of myself as a hockey player that wants to be the best player in the league.

People make a mistake saying I'm trying to break down barriers and change the game. I'm not trying to do any of that.

The Olympics is about representing your country, and if you get an opportunity to play you give it all you have.

If someone wants to call me a Harlem Globetrotter, well, great, go ahead. I was very good at basketball. I was a really good point guard. I was the best passer.

Nobody is in their right to tell anybody how to spend their free time. If you like to spend it with your family or your kids, fantastic. If you want to spend it with your girlfriend, great. If you want to spend it doing charitable work, great. If you want to spend it through endorsements and marketing stuff, great.

I've always liked country music.

It was a dream come true for me to play with the Montreal Canadiens, and the sad thing is that my promise to the city of bringing a Stanley Cup back and wanting to win one, I won't be able to fulfill that promise.

Just like any other brothers that have ever played with each other or played against each other, it's a pretty special moment when you do it.

I just speak my mind, I speak the truth.