He won at every level. He was the first guy to use video, first guy to — Fred Shero

"Win together today and we walk together forever"

"I think hockey is a game, a childs game, played by men and to play it effectively you must have fun just like children do. Ive been with too many teams in sports through the years where you werent allowed to open your mouth, you werent allowed to laugh, you werent allowed to question the coach or anyone in authority … You lived in fear. My players dont live in fear. They get up in the morning, theyre happy and they go to bed, theyre happy. And thats the type of person I am."

"A man with a dream of pleasure can go forth and conquer a crowd and three. With a new songs measure can trample a kingdom down."

"1) Never go offside on a three on two or two on one. 2) Never go backwards in your own end except on a powerplay. 3) Never throw a puck out blindly from behind your opponents net. 4) Never pass diagonally across ice in your own end unless 100 percent certain. 5) Wings on wings in neutral zone—unless intercepting a pass. 6) Second man goes all the way in for a rebound. 7) Defense with puck at opponents blueline—look at each teammate before shooting. 8) Wing in front of opponents net must face puck and lean on stick. 9) Puck carrier over center with no room and no one to pass to must shoot puck in. 10) No forward must ever turn his back on the puck. 11) No player must be more than two zones away from puck. 12) Never be outnumbered in defensive zone. 13) On delayed penalty puck carrier must look for extra man. 14) Be alert to time left on opponents penalty."

"The absence of Shero, a pioneer who studied systems in the Soviet Union well before it became vogue and was the first to add an assistant coach to his staff and behind the bench, must be the result of a vendetta. There is no other way to explain it."

"I swear I have never told a player to attack another player. In fact, I have told my players if they ever hear me saying something like this, they can break a stick over my skull. I ask only that they play aggressively."