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"I think that with a lot of hard work and dedication, I feel that I could be the best in the world. I'm still only 35 years old... I have a fresh start physically and mentally, and I feel that I can achieve my goal to be the best again."

Work, Goal, Dedication, Hardwork

"When I'm able to see the ice ahead of time when I get the puck, I'm able to make some pretty good plays."

Time, Pretty

"Well, I think just a desire to come back and be a part of the game again."

Desire,

"We feel that, with Sidney, we have a great opportunity over the next few years to put a great team on the ice. We're prepared to lose some money along the way. Eventually we're going to need some help."

Money, Opportunity, Help, Years

"The first few games that we played against some of the teams, the young guys, you know, want a stick sign or photo sign, and I think that they respect what I have achieved throughout my career."

Career, First, Games, Respect

"Since the beginning, I always loved the game. When you grow up in Montreal, one day you want to be a professional hockey player. When I was six or seven, I knew that was what I wanted."

Beginning, Day, Want

"Once I'm at the arena with the guys in the dressing room, and in the bus, and on the plane, I'm a player. And I sit in the back with the players and I play cards and try to take their money."

Money, Cards, Play

"Oh, I did stop smoking a long time ago."

Time, Smoking

"Of course, my family has been a big reason for me to come back, especially my son who loves the game of hockey - he was a big reason for me coming back."

Family, Son, Reason

"My body's feeling it a little bit. But one good thing, my back is in good shape, and that's my main concern. I know that my legs are going to take awhile to get back to where I was a few years ago, but as long as my back is solid, I feel that I can play many years."

Body, Concern, Feeling, Play

Exlpore more Identity quotes

"We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not."

Tony Robbins, American Author

Identity, Act, Will

"He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

Identity, God, Society

"I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be."

Abraham Lincoln, American Politician

Identity, Will, President

"A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with - a man is what he makes of himself."

Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish Inventor

Identity, Man

"As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

Identity, Men, Women, Books, Lonely

"Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

Identity, Men, Quality, Acting

"Some Native American writers enjoy being called Native American writers."

Toni Morrison, American Novelist

Identity, Being, Writers

"It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Identity, Men, Clothes, Question, Rank

"Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Identity, Man

"Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing."

Abraham Lincoln, American Politician

Identity, Character, Reputation, Shadow