Top 19 Quotes & Sayings by Pat Burns

As for my career, I always said to my kids, 'you don't cry because it's over, you're happy because it happened.'

I believe in Wendel Clark. We want Wendel to be a prime-time player.

They're trying to kill me before I'm dead. I come to Quebec to spend some time with my family and they say I'm dead.

I know my life is nearing its end and I accept that.

Excuse my voice - I don't have the thundering voice I used to have to get players going on the ice anymore.

Coaching the Bruins is like going bear hunting with a butter knife.

Toronto was a great place to work, a fun place to work. People were so hockey-oriented, hockey-minded, without being too critical. In Montreal, they got downright nasty sometimes.

I'm not an overly happy person. There are times when I'm happy, and that's usually in my private life.

Coming to another hockey Mecca like Toronto makes you a better coach. I want to have fun again. I want to make it fun for everybody, and it's fun when you win.

The kids get cheated out of a lot of times with their dad. They were good about it.

I got hit with an octopus in Detroit one time. It was the most gross thing I've ever had happen. I got it right in the back of the neck; all the juice was coming down. It was awful.

If one of my players ever wants to hit me, he better do it really hard because otherwise, I'll find a rock, a stick, or a piece of wood - and believe me, it's gonna be a brawl.

After referees negated a line change that led to Tampa Bay"s winning goal in the Stanley Cup Playoffs: After all these years in the league, am I that stupid that I would put four forwards and one defenseman in a 3-3 tie, in the third period? I think everybody that knows me here knows I"m not that stupid. I might be halfway stupid, but not that stupid.

If one of my players ever wants to hit me, he better do it really hard because otherwise, I'll find a rock, a stick, or a piece of wood and believe me, it's gonna be a brawl.

As for my career, I always said to my kids, 'You don't cry because it's over, you're happy because it happened.' That's the main thing. I'm very happy that it happened.

He's as old as some trees.

Don't feel sorry because my life is over. Be happy that it happened.

An avowed homosexual, that would never be accepted in hockey - never! Because it's a milieu where everyone is often naked.

People were so hockey-oriented, hockey-minded, without being too critical. In Montreal, they got downright nasty sometimes.