196 Quotes by Joe Sakic

You need a lot of leaders, but a hockey team needs a voice, not only in the community, but more importantly between the coaching staff and the players. There are always ups and downs in a season; the captain is the guy players look to in those situations.

We've just got to keep building. We've got a good group of guys and we like our team, but everything is going to depend on the (ending).

Todd has served his suspension and it was lengthy. He served that and you move on. The most important thing is Steve Moore is doing better.

When you think of hockey, when you think of Canada, you think of Wayne Gretzky.

Once you're in the game and it's a part of your life, you never want to leave it. But you have to be committed to be able to travel and do the things you need to do to be successful in whatever role you're doing.

We were fortunate to get a couple of goals early. We have gotten off to some bad starts and that's why we wanted to start strong tonight.

We've had some bad starts lately and we wanted to make sure the start of this game was a lot better. We played a solid first period and that gave us momentum. We've been playing a lot of catch-up lately and we didn't want to do that again.

As a kid, you dream of winning the Stanley Cup. As you get older, you understand the importance of winning the Olympics.

We'll have to make sure we don't leave the puck in the neutral zone. We've got a fast team with big forwards and we have to get the puck in deep and not turn it over.