Jiri Fischer Quotations

I'm really, really glad to be here. Not too many people get a second chance like I did.

Life without hockey, I hope I don't have to face it for some time.

If any athlete goes through this, everybody (doctors) is trying to be as cautious as possible to keep it from reoccurring. I'm 25. I might not play tomorrow. In time to come, I think there will be a better solution.

This is what I know, this is what I work for my whole life. I don't want it to be taken away.

You do what you like to do, but staying alive is way more important. I've said it before - you don't get reborn twice. I've always believed in faith. . . . I'm 25. I might not play tomorrow, but in time, I believe there will be better answers, and better solutions, too.

There are penalties all game long. It's a lot faster game, if that's what the league wanted to do.

We kept hearing about teams from the East or Calgary or Nashville would be the teams to beat.

There is a little abnormality, but nothing that will stop me from playing. It's nothing that will bother me emotionally.

He made a tremendous pass, right between two guys. It was on my backhand, so I had to pull it back. I got it off as quick as I could ... It was a great screen (in front of the net) ... It was a lucky shot.

I wasn't scared about the abnormality. But I was scared about not playing hockey again. That was a shock for me.