Success

I'm here to do my job and play for the fans.

I don't think about how many goals I can score. My goal is to win the Stanley Cup.

To play against him, you see his skills and you see his passion... He's arguably the best player in the world.

I think everybody knows how well he plays, how quick he is, how tough he is to defend, I think it's tough for any team to stop him.

The best player in the world. I don't think it's close. Overall, [he] just does everything – scores big goals, wins faceoffs, and doesn't get enough credit for how good defensively [he is].

It doesn't matter who's on the ice with him, he has the same work ethic as he does in practice... He does his thing and he works hard every game.

You don't have to go looking for a lot of great things to say about Sidney Crosby. He competes really hard, he has fun... He's out there to just test himself every time he gets on the ice.

I'm Mario Lemieux, I'm from Canada, and I play hockey.

Every day is an opportunity to make a new happy ending.

I'll always be the first Mario Lemieux, that's for sure.

The only way a kid is going to practice is if it's total fun for him... and it was for me.

Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.

I wasn't naturally gifted in terms of size and speed; everything I did in hockey I worked for.

I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

I don't want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant.

I'm reflective only in the sense that I learn to move forward. I reflect with a purpose.

The moment you give up is the moment you let someone else win.

I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.

The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.