Jason Spezza quotes:

I'd really like to have my own style of game and be known as Jason Spezza, not a Mario Lemieux or Wayne Gretzky 'clone.'

I was 13 or 14 and I met Donald Trump at a bar mitzvah of a good friend of ours, who's friends with him. He had his girlfriend at the time with him, that Melania with him. He said, 'Hey guys, if you work hard and be successful, you'll get one of these.' I'll never forget that. And now he's married to her.

If I ever have a chance to become a top-notch guy on a top team, I think that's more valuable than anything else.

My goal is to be at the top of my game every night.

You can't always be the top player, but you can always contribute. I just want to win...that's what matters.

The hype that follows me doesn't bug me. I expect more out of myself than anyone else does, that's for sure.

You guys will write what you want to write, people will say what they want to say. I can't control any of that. All I can control is how I play. I'm trying to be the best player I can be.

I didn't want to be cut, but it made me a better person and a better player.