Barry Trotz

I love superstars.

— Barry Trotz

I became a citizen after 9/11.

— Barry Trotz

Goaltending can steal you a series.

— Barry Trotz

It's good to be wanted.

— Barry Trotz

I love what I do in Washington.

— Barry Trotz

I think I'm very adaptable.

— Barry Trotz

There's too much parity in the NHL.

— Barry Trotz

It's life, it's hockey. You just can't worry about it.

— Barry Trotz

As a parent, your biggest fear is having our child not loved.

— Barry Trotz

Joining the Islander family and living on the Island has been special.

— Barry Trotz

Every day, I do hockey-related stuff all morning.

— Barry Trotz

A new challenge, to me, is really exciting.

— Barry Trotz

The big element I think that I bring is that I am a veteran coach.

— Barry Trotz

A lot of teams get a lot of offense off the rush.

— Barry Trotz

In today's sport, coaches are in a partnership with their top players.

— Barry Trotz

One of the things I think you're always conscious of is we're in the winning business.

— Barry Trotz

Even when I eat, I'll eat my salad first and sort of work around the plate.

— Barry Trotz

Practices for me, when your team is not going really well, it can stake a lot of stink out of the air.

— Barry Trotz

Just because you get punched in the nose doesn't mean that you throw in the towel.

— Barry Trotz

You cannot be a one-trick pony all the time. You have to grow your game.

— Barry Trotz

I've had the opportunity to have different style teams with similar identities but opposite identities in some ways.

— Barry Trotz

Bobby Orr, I thought he was the greatest player of all time because he was so far ahead of the competition in…

— Barry Trotz

When you sign up for Team Canada, we look for the best way to do things, plain and simple.

— Barry Trotz

One thing I've learned from all my time with Team Canada is that they're very, very prepared so knowing that's part of…

— Barry Trotz

I have that look like I'm going to tear your head off. As a younger guy, I think I had that look…

— Barry Trotz

If you have to change some laws, get that done. If it's getting schools, the next generation, to understand love and understanding,…

— Barry Trotz

Every player is wired differently. Some players you know exactly where they're headed, where they're going and what they're thinking. There are…

— Barry Trotz

You get mentally fatigued and you get physically fatigued, too. Usually that's when bad things happen on the ice and then you're…

— Barry Trotz

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

Sometimes when you start playing games you don't get as many practices and you don't get as many touches. People think you…

— Barry Trotz

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

We might have, with Hockey Canada, an Aero Bar, a chocolate bar. 'Okay we're going to play for this chocolate bar.' Here…

— Barry Trotz

I was really happy with Mike [Green]. Not only was he contributing offensively, but he was really making good plays, good decisions.…

— Barry Trotz

Hopefully my time in Nashville has helped me. We've had a lot of different things happen to our hockey club, seen a…

— Barry Trotz

There are a couple things that I could be doing, maybe owning a coffee shop or work in construction, building houses back…

— Barry Trotz

The Kings played out of the Memorial Community Centre, an old wooden barn like you'd see in other Prairie towns. It was…

— Barry Trotz

At the same time, preparation is important to playoff success.

— Barry Trotz

Sometimes you get blinded by results rather than the process.

— Barry Trotz

You don't have that good team effort without good goaltending.

— Barry Trotz

If you're not playing really well, practices can sort of correct it.

— Barry Trotz