In today's sport, coaches are in a partnership with their top players. — Barry Trotz Copy Share Image
Every year, you need a couple of weeks to energize as a coach and get back at it. — Barry Trotz Copy Share Image
Just like all young players, there is a difference between being involved and just participating. — Barry Trotz Copy Share Image
When you sign up for Team Canada, we look for the best way to do things, plain and simple. — Barry Trotz Copy Share Image
You cannot be a one-trick pony all the time. You have to grow your game. — Barry Trotz Copy Share Image
Missing a game or getting a little bit of a bump up or getting a scolding once in a while puts everybody… — Barry Trotz Copy Share Image
Anytime you go to the All-Star Game, you recognize that it's special. It's an experience that you don't want to pass up. — Barry Trotz Copy Share Image
In an 82-game season, you're going to have some dry spells where goals are harder to come by, and other times they're… — Barry Trotz Copy Share Image
You go the whole distance as a player, the last thing you probably want is the coach to say, 'Okay, you've gone… — Barry Trotz Copy Share Image
As I have evolved as a coach, I was a guy who was all about the game and a person who focused… — Barry Trotz Copy Share Image
Practices for me, when your team is not going really well, it can stake a lot of stink out of the air. — Barry Trotz Copy Share Image
It's hard to score in this league when you don't get on the power play and don't play special teams. — Barry Trotz Copy Share Image
That's what they hired me to do in Washington, change a little bit of the culture, try to win a Stanley Cup. — Barry Trotz Copy Share Image
What happens when you have to use your top guys so much, they're going to hit a wall at some point, and… — Barry Trotz Copy Share Image
I'm a big believer that if you can have success in the playoffs, when it means the most and when the game… — Barry Trotz Copy Share Image
We're going to be the best in the league at something. We're deep in anthem singers. — Barry Trotz Copy Share Image
The team that can be consistent - for the most part all year - is going to be the team that is… — Barry Trotz Copy Share Image
Cheer the players. They are ones getting it done. They are ones blocking shots, making saves and scoring goals. — Barry Trotz Copy Share Image
As a coach, you look for the elements. Sort of like a chemist, you want to say, 'Okay, here we have all… — Barry Trotz Copy Share Image
You make mental notes. You're a coach, so you make mental notes from matchups, to who steps up in the playoffs to… — Barry Trotz Copy Share Image
The team takes on the identity of its top payers… I don't want to take anything away from the Capitals offensively, — Barry Trotz Copy Share Image
My oldest daughter got married, she had a wedding in Hawaii and a reception in Nashville, and in between I had a Cup date… — Barry Trotz Copy Share Image
It's hard to score in this league when you don't get on the power play and don't play special teams. — Barry Trotz Copy Share Image
The thing that got me to change was when my kids would come and tell me I was swearing on TV, so I knew… — Barry Trotz Copy Share Image
Sometimes when you start playing games you don't get as many practices and you don't get as many touches. People think you have the… — Barry Trotz Copy Share Image
You cannot be a one-trick pony all the time. You have to grow your game. — Barry Trotz Copy Share Image
Every year, you need a couple of weeks to energize as a coach and get back at it. — Barry Trotz Copy Share Image
There's times where I go off the rails like anybody else. For the most part, I try to keep it, 'Hey, this is what… — Barry Trotz Copy Share Image
Joining the Islander family and living on the Island has been special. — Barry Trotz Copy Share Image
My father, Orest, worked as a mechanic for the CNR and he got transferred to Dauphin from Winnipeg. — Barry Trotz Copy Share Image
Hopefully when I make it to 80, I can go to a hockey game and watch the Predators and Capitals play with my grandkids.… — Barry Trotz Copy Share Image
Use your assets in the right areas. Commit to outside speed. Don't always go into the junk pile in the middle of the ice… — Barry Trotz Copy Share Image
