"It's a huge cop-out to talk about a goalie when you only score two goals. Playing goal for our team, the way we're putting the puck in the net lately, is very difficult."

"We have to play a much more intelligent game then what we played the last three games. We've been sloppy for three straight games now and you can't hope to win at this level making those types of mistakes."

"We had lots of opportunities to win the game ourselves."

"(The loss is) hard to slough off. It's going to linger for a while. Given any other circumstances, this would be a game we could quickly get over and start focusing on San Jose Friday. It was one of those games where we deserved better."

"Hockey moulds and reveals character. The root of it is really built into the character of the person."

"Players like him are seldom available. He's just good all-around. Reading the rush, good stick, use of his body, making the outlet pass, reading plays."

"It's going to be very entertaining, very pressure-filled hockey from here till the end. When you find yourself five points out of the division lead and three points out of ninth, there's a lot at stake."

"That just confirms my philosophy that the less you want something, the more likelihood of it occurring. This was a game that we really didn't care all that much about, so automatic win."

"The guys are starting to play well in front of him, and we're getting the consistent performance we were looking for from the position."

"I like an even-keel team, a team that doesn't get seduced by any success you have or disabled by any of your disappointments along the way."

"There are a lot of teams looking for one more save a night. We're one of them."

"Against a team like Detroit, they'll make you pay when you give up those high-quality scoring chances."

"Maybe somebody is thinking I'm a favorite, but it's the Olympic Games and you never know who can win."

"I'm aware if I'm playing at my best I'm tough to beat. And I enjoy that."

"Don't force your kids into sports. I never was. To this day, my dad has never asked me to go play golf. I ask him. It's the child's desire to play that matters, not the parent's desire to have the child play. Fun. Keep it fun."

"As a kid, I might have been psycho, I guess, but I used to throw golf balls in the trees and try and somehow make par from them. I thought that was fun."

"Hockey is a sport for white men. Basketball is a sport for black men. Golf is a sport for white men dressed like black pimps."

"I did envisage being this successful as a player, but not all the hysteria around it off the golf course."

"I'm addicted. I'm addicted to golf."

"My main focus is on my game."

"The Player of the Year means a lot because it's from your peers. That is like the ultimate compliment. The money list doesn't really interest me that much only because if you play more, you have a better chance of making more money and I don't play that many events. I'm concentrating on the bigger events. If I can win more events than anyone in a year and more majors than anyone in a year, it's going to be a great year."

"I don't know if I even have an aura, man. I just try to win."

"It played hard. It (the wind) was down off the left when I hit. When Robert (Allenby) hit it was in off the right. The wind was just swirling enough where it made it a little bit difficult."

"I think Michael Owen will play against Northern Ireland, although he hasn't played much football this season, so we will see on Monday and Tuesday in practice."