I Wasn't Naturally Gifted In Terms Of

Kids Don't Fight In Minor Hockey Anymore. There's Very Few Fights In Junior And College Hockey. So Growing Up, All These Guys Are Not Fighting.

We're In A Tough Situation Because Of Teenage Children, And Then We Have A 2-year-old And A 5-year-old, So My Family And My Responsibilities Is Sort Of A Juggle.

It's Really Hard. And It's Harder Today Because Of The Salary Cap. It Starts In September At Training Camp - Getting Every Guy On The Same Page, Being As Mentally And Physically As Focused As You Can Be. Then In April And May, You Basically Spend Eight Weeks Practising, Watching Video And Playing Games. That's Your Life.

I Have Absolutely No Complaints About My Life. But People Think I Got Handed Everything, All This Kind Of Fell In My Lap, That I Was Just God-gifted With All This Talent. I Wanted People To Realize It's A Lot Tougher Than Just Waking Up One Day And You're In The Nhl.

I Can Remember Hockey. It Was My Life, My Passion. It's What I Love The Most.