Paul Coffey Quotes (10 Quotes)

Having Wayne in town will be exciting enough.

It's a great tribute to be joining such an elite group of players. I have great memories of my years in Edmonton, and the players who were my teammates. We were a tight bunch, and I'm honored that my contribution to the team will be celebrated in Oilers fashion.

Wayne was such a big part of my career here in Edmonton as well as everybody's that I think that having him in the building is just icing on the cake,

I didn't spend a whole lot of time here, but I had the seven best years of my career in this city and having an attachment here 20-some odd years later is pretty special to me.

Simple philosophy be on time, come to the rink ready to play. And we pretty much did that all the time and pretty much learned as we went.

I remembered back to Italy about six years ago when fighter jets clipped the gondola. Twelve people were killed. That incident flashed into my mind. Everyone's jaws just dropped. No one believed it. It was one of those strange things you don't expect - next thing you know there's a plane going over the building.

It's impossible for me to go back and put on that hockey sweater again.

I went on and was still able to play some good hockey.

Nobody's a natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hard to stay on top.

A night like this wouldn't have been possible without the help of a lot of people. It takes a team to accomplish the banners that are up here in this building.