A biography for Barry Trotzhasn’t been written yet.
“I love what I do in Washington.”
“I have one of those faces that you're not going to forget. Kids are scared of me.”
“I love superstars.”
“In an 82-game season, you're going to have some dry spells where goals are harder to come by, and other times they're just going to come in bundles.”
“I'd love to go in the foxhole with guys who will stick their neck out and say, 'I'm going to deliver for you.'”
“Cheer the players. They are ones getting it done. They are ones blocking shots, making saves and scoring goals.”
“You go the whole distance as a player, the last thing you probably want is the coach to say, 'Okay, you've gone this far, I'm going to take you out.'”
“In today's sport, coaches are in a partnership with their top players.”
“If you have to change some laws, get that done. If it's getting schools, the next generation, to understand love and understanding, let's get that done.”
“If you get goaltending above the curve, you have an immense advantage.”
“Missing a game or getting a little bit of a bump up or getting a scolding once in a while puts everybody in their right place.”
“You're not going to go to battle with someone you don't know. It doesn't matter what walk of life it is, whether it's business or in war.”
“The big element I think that I bring is that I am a veteran coach.”
“You don't have that good team effort without good goaltending.”
“That's what they hired me to do in Washington, change a little bit of the culture, try to win a Stanley Cup.”
“One of the blessings of Notre Dame is where it's at. It's in the middle of nowhere, but you become part of the community. It's a lifestyle, and it has a code, and that code teaches young men and women responsibility and leadership.”
“When you sign up for Team Canada, we look for the best way to do things, plain and simple.”
“As a coach, you look for the elements. Sort of like a chemist, you want to say, 'Okay, here we have all of the parts,' and make what you think will be a successful line.”
“There's going to be a point in time when I can go to a NHL game in Nashville with my grandkids. That's really special.”
“You cannot be a one-trick pony all the time. You have to grow your game.”