Tom McMillan Quotations

We are aware of the responsibility to the league as well. This isn't just a Penguin thing.

No matter what other plans are out there, this is the best plan.

For 200 years we've been conquering nature. Now we're beating it to death.

A lot of this became grabbing the bucking bronco and going, because you couldn't plan. What you want to do is, you don't want to get in the way of what's already happening.

Even if there is a substantial new investment in the team, Mario Lemieux will continue to be involved in all aspects of the operation.

With the Internet and 24-hour talk radio and sports cable stations, Sidney Crosby has been known for years ... As big a story as Mario was, the Canadian media didn't come to training camp. It's just a different media world.

You can train someone for 50 years, but still it comes down to whether you have 'it' or you don't, ... And whatever 'it' is, he has it. Whether it's charisma, charm, poise. Here's some 18-year-old kid who understands the big picture, and some of us are 50 and we are still trying to understand it.

We're delighted, ... Clearly, it's a great keepsake item for their family.

I hope we get to that point. Those are nice challenges to have, but we're not there yet. It's an unprecedented time and we're riding the wave.

People called us cash strapped which wasn't necessarily true, ... We just didn't spend money we didn't have.