It was a great learning experience for me.(1)
It made me realize more clearly the nature of professional sports. It’s tongue-in-cheek. Don’t take yourself too seriously and don’t take this whole deal too seriously. It’s just a game.
We had twins. Two little girls–Bella and Lola. It’s a little hard when you get to the gym and you’re exhausted. But when you wake up in the middle of the night to see those little suckers, it’s the greatest thing in the world.
I’ve always prefaced everything I say by saying I am Canadian and in some ways that denounces my right to have an opinion, and in some ways my right is just as valid and important because of the global community and our relationship with the United States. Although we didn’t support the war in Canada, we are very grateful and thankful for our relationship and many of the benefits the United States offers us.
But I’m against war.
Just the way it went down, I made it clear I thought we could’ve exhausted all possibilities before then. To me, I just didn’t buy the link. It seemed very transparent to me the link to Al-Qaeda.
The people that generally had a problem with what I said didn’t listen close to what I said. It is a democracy and freedom of speech is a part of the Constitution, I believe.
You could do no wrong in my mom’s eyes.
My dad played professional soccer in England and South Africa. My first word was “Goal.”
I used to play chess with my dad. When I told him that there was a chess tournament at school, he said, “You better play in it,” and I won it for four of five years in elementary school. Chess kind of lost its priority after that.
When I was in high school, I’d just dribble. If I was going to a friend’s house, I’d just dribble. If we were going to play ball, instead of riding a bike, I’d dribble.
There was a University of Victoria, and me and my friends used to jimmy the doors so that when they closed up, we could get in. Friday night, instead of drinking beers at the beach, we’d sneak in, and it’d be World War III and they had no idea. This was when we were 13.
My basketball heroes were Isiah Thomas and Michael Jordan.
A lot of schools had been notified,(2) a few had seen me play, but maybe they didn’t trust their eyes. “It can’t be what I think it is because it’s a little white guy from Canada.”
I don’t see the international players being anything except evolutionary to the game.
I love passing the ball. Passing the ball, you feel good and the guy who scores feels good, so two is better than one in my book. If I wanted to just make myself feel good all the time, I’d have played golf or tennis.
Edmonton Oilers with Gretzky, my hero. I met him at a tournament. Spent a day and night with him. One of the greatest days of my life.
He(3) didn’t say a word to anybody unless it was during a game when the lights were on, when the cameras were on. He wouldn’t even say, “Good morning.” I think guys were a little disappointed in that. But he’s on his own deal, so what do you expect?
I’m trying to cut it shorter.(4) My girlfriend certainly likes it longer.
Those rumors(5)–it’s embarrassing. It makes me feel like it was contrived or like I enjoyed that. They were totally blown out of proportion.
Be yourself. It’s pretty simple. And have fun.
1: The sustained booing he took from Dallas fans.
2: When he was looking for a college scholarship.
3: When Dallas signed Dennis Rodman.
4: His famous hair.
5: His supposed relationships with Elizabeth Hurley and Victoria Beckham (Posh Spice).
