Bobby Clarke quotes:

My dad had an aunt at the turn of the century who died from diabetes, but she was the closest affected relative in my family.

We take the shortest route to the puck and arrive in ill humor.

With the glucometer, I always know how much blood sugar I've got, so I can adjust my insulin or the food I eat.

If I hadn't learned to lay on a two-hander once in a while, I'd never have left Flin Flon.

I've discovered that the less I say, the more rumors I start.

I was 13 when I developed the classic symptoms of a person who gets diabetes: a lot of weight loss, a tremendous thirst, and blurry eyesight. My mom took me to the hospital, and the doctors took some blood tests. My blood sugar was so high that they knew right away.

There's no reason why a player is done at 33, 34. They train better, they eat better, they drink better. This isn't the old days when everybody sat around and drank beer.

They always try to play with our minds. But that won't work with our club. We've got 20 guys without brains.