We would do a tour into the elementary schools every year, and then we did another kind of program where read more

We would do a tour into the elementary schools every year, and then we did another kind of program where upper level students were brought into E.J. Thomas for a performance. What the Children's Concert Society did was share the cost with us, so although we were just doing excerpts, we could do it in a full production sense with orchestra and costumes.

It's not a big deal. We've got good players behind him and we're ready to go. That's life. It's a read more

It's not a big deal. We've got good players behind him and we're ready to go. That's life. It's a window of opportunity for those two kids and they need to jump on it and go get it.

You can't be a professor and talk out of a textbook to teach locomotive operations. You can't create the end read more

You can't be a professor and talk out of a textbook to teach locomotive operations. You can't create the end product without hands-on training.

They have the ability to know where each other is gonna be. A lot of times, they'll make a pass, read more

They have the ability to know where each other is gonna be. A lot of times, they'll make a pass, and someone else might not know where it's going. But they know where it's going.

It is a very sad time and a big loss for me personally.

It is a very sad time and a big loss for me personally.

It's different in college. You're playing smaller guys who are a little bit harder to hit, but out here [in read more

It's different in college. You're playing smaller guys who are a little bit harder to hit, but out here [in the NHL] it seems like some guys don't expect it sometimes, so I get those shots in when I can. It differs from team to team.

We're going to take it as a challenge, ... We're looking forward to it.

We're going to take it as a challenge, ... We're looking forward to it.

I feel like I can contribute. I'm not playing the way that I want to. With the new rules and read more

I feel like I can contribute. I'm not playing the way that I want to. With the new rules and with the new systems we have, I'm not playing as much. I'm not playing up to my standards, that's first and foremost. I'm the one who has to look at myself in the mirror every day and I have high expectations for myself.

I think if they are going to borrow money, it should be for something substantial. What I think they should read more

I think if they are going to borrow money, it should be for something substantial. What I think they should do is leave the existing facility in place and start (building) a new school on the property. They are throwing money away. They are putting Band-Aids on the problem.