Adam Foote

Adam Foote
Adam David Vernon Footeis a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He was best known for his physical presence and gritty play as a stay-at-home defenceman...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth10 July 1971
CityWhitby, Canada
although canada guys hard love schedule talk
I think guys talk about that, let's make it one or the other. Every two years I think it's hard to get the guys together, especially with the way the NHL schedule is. Although personally, I love the old Canada Cup.
behind few good guys hard hurts likes past start team
When you're a young team it's probably better to start from the bottom. It hurts. It hurts a lot. You don't like it. No one likes it. But you learn. Sometimes it's a hard way to learn. That's behind us now and we have to look ahead. I think guys feel pretty good about what's been going on here the past few months.
age department depth dressing good guys last leaders leaders-and-leadership leadership matter tournament
Last tournament (2004 World Cup), there were so many good leaders in that dressing room, guys know what's on the line. I think we have a lot of depth in the leadership department no matter what the age is.
dug fans guys hung
The guys hung in for 60 minutes, battled hard, dug deep. It was a big win. I think it showed us a lot. And I think it showed the fans a lot.
everybody room
Everybody in that room is disappointed right now. That's just the way it is.
forget lead obviously pressure tonight
There's obviously pressure for us to be there. When they got the lead tonight we were tentative, it's like it was in our nerves. We have to forget about that and regroup.
hope sure
I sure hope they won?t let something like that happen.
confidence needed practice road trip week win
We needed to get a win and get some confidence. We had a long week of practice going over some things. We did a lot of little things better than we did on the road trip and it really helped.
home
To come home like this . . . It?s disappointing, to say the least.
behind fight game heart holiday open played tonight
Having to fight back like we did I think showed a lot of heart. We played an open game tonight and I think we had to do that after getting behind early. We just have to get back to things after the holiday and go back to work.
safe
Yeah, you don?t want to do that. You want to play safe and get it out. But those things happen.
again blue care cost job knew obviously olympics ready stay top
Obviously my first job is being ready for the Blue Jackets, and I knew if I got dinged again with the Olympics approaching it could cost me. So that's obviously in the back of your mind. You just want to take care of it and stay on top of it.
canada huge people
Obviously, this hurts. It?s a huge letdown. For people in Canada, if we?re not there in the final, we?re not a success.
grow
It's OK. We've got a lot of young guys. We'll grow together. We'll see what we can do.