June Callwood interviewed Maurice Richard for McClean's magazine, May 9, 1959 called The Maurice Richards.

Richard Quoted
“Howe is better than me, Schmidt was better, Elmer Lach, lots of guys are better than me. Béliveau. Geoffrion, lots of guys on the Canadiens today arc better Hockey players than me.”

“What is it then that you have got, if it isn’t ability?”

Said Richard, “Desire.”