Mario Quotes

Like most celebrities, of course, I adore all the Mario games.

I`m not trying to be the next Wayne Gretzky or Mario Lemieux, ... I am putting pressure on myself to do my best and perform to my potential -- that`s all I can do.

I`d love to have the opportunity to do that, ... Obviously I`m going to be a rookie, so I`m going to try to learn as much as a I can, be open-minded. And be a student. . . . I`m going to learn from one of the best guys in Mario Lemieux. So I`m going to try and be a sponge in that way and learn as much as I can from him.

The worst thing I ever did? Super Mario Brothers. It was a f**kin` nightmare. The whole experience was a nightmare. It had a husband-and-wife team directing, whose arrogance had been mistaken for talent. After so many weeks their own agent told them to get off the set! F**kin` nightmare. F**kin` idiots.

I had fun after I made a few saves, ... They were without a lot of their big guns. I didn`t face the best shooters, so I`m not too excited about it. I`m sure it will be different with Mario (Lemieux) and (Sidney) Crosby in their lineup. Overall it was a good start for me.

I felt pretty good for the first time, but they didn`t have their guys like Mario (Lemieux) and (John) LeClair in the lineup. So I`m not too excited about it,

I had fun after I made a few saves. They were without a lot of their big guns. I didn`t face the best shooters, so I`m not too excited about it. I`m sure it will be different with Mario (Lemieux) and (Sidney) Crosby in their lineup. Overall it was a good start for me.

It took me getting to San Antonio, where I played with Avery Johnson, Mario Elie, Steve Kerr, Sean Elliot, David Robinson, Terry Porter, all those veterans who had been there before, for me to really learn how to play, ... Now, one of my roles on this team is to come out here and show some of these young guys not only vocally but by how I play, what is needed and what is wanted out of you as a player.

We`ve had Mario come to our place for years. He`s very caring about what he does. If there`s a problem with the car he tells you. He takes care of it as if it`s his own.

Mario`s number one goal is to keep it in Pittsburgh.

The Belgian riders did everything for me, ... I didn`t have to work hard until the end. At the finish, Mario Aerts gave me perfect position.

Mario was able to get loose a little bit today,

Mario was the fastest guy on Firestone (tires), ... The Firestone/Goodyear (tire) war was really heated then. I never had anything I could call a comfortable lead. My car, as it got low on fuel, became more and more difficult to hook up. I had to finesse it (into corners) and go like hell (on the straights).

Mario (Andretti) was within two seconds of me for the whole race, ... We had a stellar cast.