51 Quotes by Zdeno Chara

Not having him is not the reason we lost (Game 2), but we did miss him. Anytime you don't have a guy like that you're going to miss him. He plays a big role for us.

Anytime you can (get back) a player who means so much to your team that's a good thing. He's got a lot of talent and he brings the speed as well.

That's a play we've used a few times this year. Alfie is a good enough player on the blue line if something happens. When it's 4-on-4, you've got to take advantage of that room. I was going to cut to the front of the net, but there was too much traffic so I decided to go around and try and jam it, to overpower everyone, and it worked.

I'm sorry, I have no time for that. I can only watch one game at a time.

I play hard; Mark plays hard. He's probably not the biggest guy in the league, but he plays with a lot of emotion, a lot of heart, and that's what happens when you have two guys who play hard for their teams. I have a lot of respect for him.

He's a guy who likes to play both ways. It's not very often that you see guys who can score goals that like to play physical.

I've been a really big fan of climbing. I really got into it when I watched the show 'Beyond the Limit' about climbing Mount Everest.

It's one of those things, like in sports and other situations in life, you're going to have some adversities and some challenges that are similar to the race. You go uphill one moment and then you go downhill, but that's life too. You've got to be willing to sometimes take it slow but keep going.

You never want to feel so hungry that you'll put anything in your mouth.