Barry Trotz Quotes

There's going to be a point in time when I can go to a NHL game in Nashville with my grandkids. That's really special.

I played hockey in North Dakota growing up and watch a lot of that.

I am a huge hockey fan.

I liked hockey, and I still like hockey.

I love the game of hockey. I love being part of it. I think I know a lot about the game.

I think it would have been nice to have a family; it would be nice to have grandchildren.

I can't wait to be a grandfather.

Our faces will become works of art that our grandchildren will treasure.

I have two grandchildren.

Grandchildren have taught me how important the future is. I try to look through their eyes and envision what's in their imagination. What's the world going to look like when they're my age? That really does take a huge imagination.

I think when I have kids and grandchildren I will be very proud to have them watch this movie.

I'm a grandfather now.

I grew up in the Midwest, so we really didn't have much hockey going on.

I have four kids, seven grandkids, and four great-grandkids. Maybe I can become a great-great-grandfather if I hang on!

My dad started taking me to Winnipeg games when I was 3 or 4. As a kid, I loved Wayne Gretzky, and I remember the first game I got to see him play against the Jets. The Kings beat the Jets, and I was happy that they did. Gretzky left the game after the first period, and I was upset about that.

I am thrilled to be 31, still running and having my daughter watch me even if it is on TV.

One of the joys of being a grandparent is getting to see the world again through the eyes of a child.

Then to have Brett come along and follow in the footsteps, it's so gratifying. I get as much enjoyment out of watching Brett play as I did of entertaining people myself.

I tell you one thing that makes me feel I haven't wasted my life, and that is I've got some grandchildren. You can't overestimate the kind of opening to the future that gives a person, I think.

I've always tried to live in the future and think about things and how to make things better. If you have great-grandchildren around, and their pictures are looking at you, well, that's the future.

I watch a lot of hockey. There are some good hockey players and there are some awfully stupid hockey players.

Canada is hockey.

Canada is our inheritance from our parents and our legacy to our children.

I want to see my niece and nephew grow up, to see their children... I get crazy at the idea that a time will come when I won't see Daniel and Allegra anymore.

I actually played hockey my whole life, all the way up until ninth grade.