208 Quotes by Barry Trotz

I've had the opportunity to have different style teams with similar identities but opposite identities in some ways.

It's life, it's hockey. You just can't worry about it.

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.

The big element I think that I bring is that I am a veteran coach.

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.

The guys who don't get a lot of minutes, you get a lot more practice, you're on the ice, you're getting maybe a better workout, though you might not be getting all of the game stuff.

Sometimes you get blinded by results rather than the process.

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

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.