As a captain, I think it's important that the players really know who you are and what you stand for, what your beliefs are, and to be consistent in those if things are going good or things are going bad.
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his emotion and his compassion for the game. Inside of all those things, there was his ability to excel and his expectations to win. But it was always on a team level, it was never the expectation to go out and score three goals when the score was 7-1. Mark was the kind of guy who always seemed to excel when it was a 2-1 game or a 3-2 game.
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It was a tough decision because I'm healthy and I feel good. I've achieved a lot and there was really nothing left for me to achieve.
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Obviously every one of them was special to that particular team, all the people that were involved with it.
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