Quotes by Mark Eaton

“The war in Iraq is one of those issues, and Hurricane Katrina is another. Where do you find the humor? We go to the people handling it, such as Bush and Michael Brown, who headed the Federal Emergency Management Agency.”

“The thing that makes it difficult is that every team in this league has a lot of pride. If you see that a team has beaten you the last three or four games, a sense of pride takes over and you say, Enough is enough. Its like what we did earlier this season against Los Angeles.”

“I said a few words to them, but Im not going to call myself Rudy or anything. I played there, so those guys can see that theyre not too far from reaching their goals. If I can be any kind of inspiration to them, thatd be great.”

“We tried to learn from our mistakes (Monday). Their success comes from their defensemen shooting the puck and the guy in front not allowing the goalie to catch the puck cleanly. If they shot the puck, we wanted it to be from the outside or the boards.”

“We feel like were in a pretty good spot right now, but we still want to work our way up. Theres still almost a third of the season left to play and theres a lot of teams lumped together so we know that we cant afford any long stretch of losses or we could be on the outside looking in.”

“It was fun and it brought back good memories. I probably hadnt swung a bat in five years and Id never used a wooden bat.”

“Our first period today was atrocious, probably the worst period all year. Its the NHL. Any team you spot three goals, its going to be a tough time coming back. We just need to get off to some better starts and get some momentum coming our way.”

“We were definitely more into it in the third period. It was an important game and an important third period.”

“Weve done it plenty of times this year, come back in the third. We had a (four-game) losing streak there and we knew this was a key game for us because teams are creeping up on us.”

“If anything, I think were playing too loose. Maybe we have the mentality that our schedule has only one playoff team in our remaining seven games or so. But this is the NHL, and every team has pride and every player has individual pride. There is no such thing as an easy game.”