Pat Burns Quotations

As for my career, I always said to my kids, 'You don't cry because it's over, you're happy because it happened.' That's the main thing. I'm very happy that it happened.

Coaching the Bruins is like going bear hunting with a butter knife.

Coming to another hockey Mecca like Toronto makes you a better coach. I want to have fun again. I want to make it fun for everybody, and it's fun when you win.

If one of my players ever wants to hit me, he better do it really hard because otherwise, I'll find a rock, a stick, or a piece of wood and believe me, it's gonna be a brawl...

I know my life is nearing its end and I accept that.

I got hit with an octopus in Detroit one time. It was the most gross thing I've ever had happen. I got it right in the back of the neck; all the juice was coming down. It was awful.

Toronto was a great place to work, a fun place to work. People were so hockey-oriented, hockey-minded, without being too critical. In Montreal, they got downright nasty sometimes.

Excuse my voice - I don't have the thundering voice I used to have to get players going on the ice anymore.

I believe in Wendel Clark. We want Wendel to be a prime-time player.

I'm not an overly happy person. There are times when I'm happy, and that's usually in my private life.

The kids get cheated out of a lot of times with their dad. They were good about it.

They're trying to kill me before I'm dead. I come to Quebec to spend some time with my family and they say I'm dead.

One incentive is that energy costs are pretty low up here.

One tough match in the quarterfinals, and other than that he did a nice job getting to the finals. We knew the kid from Maine was a state champ, a tough kid, and a great wrestler. We knew it was going to be a typical heavyweight battle.

But it's going to remain an open facility for any hospice program in the region. The hospice team from St. Luke's can continue to follow a patient and provide care.

Give credit to the kid from Maine. He came out with a plan and then hit a big move from the bottom to win it. He is the New England champion.

Overall, we had a smaller percentage taking the SAT but we had more taking the ACT, ... Some students take both and some take one or the other.

I think he's a wordsmith. I think he's very good at choosing his words. There's all kinds of literary references. ... The man is just so well-read, just really a Renaissance man.

We need an operational entity -- somebody who's accountable for it.

I would love to jump in there if I was ready. The most important thing for me right now is to rest, get my strength back and get my blood counts up.

We're not looking back. We're just looking forward to states, the Open, and hopefully qualifying for New England.

We've closed the gap with the state to some extent, ... But I still don't want to make inferences that are too broad.

We always stress to be patient and make five, six or seven passes before taking a shot to get settled into our offense. If we get settled down and make some good passes, our feet are usually under us when we take that first shot and it is usually a good one.

There's got to be somebody that's willing to take the liability and own the risk. There's got to be ultimate responsibility, and it's got to rest with somebody.

It would be a great example of cooperation. It's a philanthropic activity that the community needs to get engaged with.

Actually I'm going for the media relations job.

This is a new high for our kids transferring to the State Open. It has been a very good day. We were in a tight race with Amity but had a good semifinal and also did well in the quarters.

It's a challenge, but we enjoy a challenge and we enjoy the city.

They are usually my top two scorers. They have struggled a little bit early on because of their new role as team captains, but they are starting to get settled in and make some good shots and let their leadership speak for itself.

Not too many other heavyweights are making that commitment. Over the years I've seen the ones who do that are the ones that go to the next level.

That's a substantial increase over last year, ... White students increased by their composite score by 34 points. That's encouraging as well.

After referees negated a line change that led to Tampa Bay"s winning goal in the Stanley Cup Playoffs: After all these years in the league, am I that stupid that I would put four forwards and one defenseman in a 3-3 tie, in the third period? I think everybody that knows me here knows I"m not that stupid. I might be halfway stupid, but not that stupid.

Don't feel sorry because my life is over. Be happy that it happened.

He's as old as some trees.

An avowed homosexual, that would never be accepted in hockey - never! Because it's a milieu where everyone is often naked.

People were so hockey-oriented, hockey-minded, without being too critical. In Montreal, they got downright nasty sometimes.