David Oliver Quotations

We are getting quite a bit out of the public schools. And a number of municipalities dedicate the money (they earn) to their volunteer fire departments.

We're a young team, so it helps the learning curve. The majority of our games have been tight in the last 2 or 3 minutes of games. Coach does not have a lot of vets to throw out there, so guys are able to play. That's really helped our rookies excel.

We were a long shot a month ago and now I don't think anybody can look at us and say we don't deserve to be here. The team we have in there is incredible. It's probably the best group of guys I've ever played with as far as personality-wise, the way everyone gets along, the goals we all have. Everyone bought into what we want to do and there are no egos and that's really odd in pro sports.

He might be the quietest guy I've ever met in pro sports, period.

We try to get matchups, and he's a guy that's intriguing because we can match him up in several different ways.

He's by far the most valuable player of this team. We have a young end to our defense. He's a great role model for the guys. When he was called up, those two games he missed, it was a grind without him. He plays a lot of minutes and plays them to a 'T.' He's invaluable to this team.

Our power play was clicking a little bit better. This time of year, that's what's going to win hockey games.

We need all that mixture of paper (junk mail, catalogs and newspapers) to recycle quality newsprint.

We are active in water sports and while the shark remains in the water there is the prospect that danger still exists. Our public would feel a lot safer if that shark was removed from the water.

We do assemblies, have a mascot and show the kids how to recycle.

It was tough. That may happen at the Trials. You are so in the zone when you are in there it's tough running halfway down the track and having to come back. If it's in the rules then an athlete should be able to run under protest. Aries is not a guy that is know for false starts. Now I need to go and get ready for the Trials.

In order to be great, you have to learn from greatness, which is what I have tried to do.

Even if he doesn't get open, he opens something else up,

These are probably the most educated fans about track and field aside from Europe. It's a great environment.

The sister city mission is about working to build cooperation at the municipal level, promote cultural understanding and stimulate economic development with each other. To this last point, we want to help both Irish and U.S. companies grow and sustain positions in the global marketplace by strengthening relationships and continually building our business networks that will benefit companies on both continents.

They have a good power play, they are a physical team that finishes checks and they have the talent to score goals. They are one of the top teams in contention to win the Calder Cup and we're in the game with them. We're close.

They have the experience, but we have the youthfulness on our team. We have guys who probably should be tired but aren't because they are so young, and hopefully we can use that to our advantage and they can carry around us old guys for the ride.

It's nice because we've been dealing with this adversity the last couple of months. It's fun to play this way.

It's why we all play the game. When you play street hockey as a kid and are playing out games in your head, you are not scoring to make it 7-1. You want to score to make it 4-3 or score the game-winner.

They bring us speed and skill. They're late acquisitions, but anyone who has watched this team knows they've been key acquisitions.

Their fan mail used to come in on an open-back truck. Mine came in on a tea tray!

He's living up to the role Dallas drafted him for. He could be a backup or start in the NHL. He's turning into a winner with a young team in front of him.

He's one of our best players every night, if not the best player. We need him to keep doing what he's doing for hopefully the next couple of months. No pressure for a young kid, not at all . . . He's a heck of a player and he's going to be fun to watch for a lot of years when I'm sitting in my rocking chair.

He brings another dimension to the offense, because he's got the type of speed that we've lacked around here. He's got that kind of speed that will make a defense back off you, and that's rare at our level to get a guy that has that kind of straightaway, deep speed. They have to kind of know where he is on every play.

All he's lacking is game experience, but I think you see the maturity of him stepping forward as a leader. He's ready to take the reins.