Mike Bossy Quotes

I guess as I get older I get tired of telling people I scored more than 50 nine consecutive years. Everything I`m saying makes it sound like I`m bitter, but I`m not whatsoever. It`s just that when you do something well, like our team did, you`d like to get recognized for it.

I also thought I`d get a call (when former teammate Bryan Trottier was hired as New York Rangers coach in 2002). The reason was, I remember having umpteen conversations with Bryan, having roomed with him for 10 years, that went, `One of these days, Mike, we`re going to take a team and do it our way.` I`ve found out since from Bryan (who was fired in his first season) that he wasn`t going to be given that chance.

I do a lot of promoting for how good (the Islanders) were,

I`m always extremely honored to be applauded the way I am when I get back here and have any kind of liaison with the fans. I`m humbled by it.

To be honest, no NHL team ever has called me,