Quotes by Curtis Joseph

“Its a Catch-22. You want to show the fans what its going to be like, but obviously theyre going to get used to it during the regular season. Hindsight is 20-20.”

“It was certainly a special night. The best father-son ever to play, and to see Bobby pass the jersey over to Brett. And I think its only fitting for Brett to wear No. 9 with Hull on the back. It was a nice, classy ceremony.”

“Weve been on the losing end of a lot of close one-goal games and fortunately tonight, we did a lot of good things.”

“Im still getting used to the D and theyre still getting used to me but I yell a lot out there. They let me see the puck tonight and thats key as any goalie will tell you.”

“Ive played with him for eight years and a bit, and he helped me win a lot of hockey games with game-winning goals. Playing with him for that long and getting to see lots of his goals was a real pleasure.”

“Better sooner than later because sometimes milestones, they seem tougher and tougher to get once you start talking about them. Im happy that we came out and played arguably our best game of the year and a lot of credit to these guys.”

“Anytime youve played in a place and you get a win against your old team, it feels good.”

“The first period wasnt the script that I wanted, but fortunately, the ending was. There was a lot of emotion out there. I grew up in the area.”

“The first period wasnt the script that I wanted, but fortunately the ending was. It worked out all right.”

“Any time you win its a good thing. Certainly there was more emotion here tonight.”

They say everything you go through in your childhood builds character and inner strength.