If a player is trying to intimidate a skilled player on your team, what do we want? We want our skilled players playing, so we shouldn’t be doing that.
BOBBY ORRIf you’re going to help somebody, sneak in, sneak out, do what you can. I just sneak along and do my thing and meet wonderful people, some people I’ve never met, new friends.
More Bobby Orr Quotes
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You never know how a single interaction with a person might affect their life, so you must constantly try to be at your best.
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If you talk to most athletes, the place you’re most comfortable is your playing field. I’m not so comfortable at a podium or talking about events.
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There are no environments where you’re only going to win, because life just isn’t like that.
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If you’re going to help somebody, sneak in, sneak out, do what you can. I just sneak along and do my thing and meet wonderful people, some people I’ve never met, new friends.
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Minor sports in the community is fun and recreation for everyone, not just the elite. I think back to my days in minor hockey and those are my fondest memories, having fun.
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I couldn’t wait to get on the ice. I couldn’t wait to get to practice. As a kid I couldn’t wait to shoot pucks or play in parking lots, or play on the river or play on the bay.
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I was the happiest guy in the world when I was on the ice. You’re being paid to play a game! That’s pretty special.
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When you’re young, you don’t realize the sacrifices that people are making for you.
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Blood, sweat, tears. No practice tomorrow ’cause there’s no one left to beat.
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I didn’t want to do a book just to do a book. I wanted to do a book that, if you should read it, you might take one thing from it. Until that was clear in my mind, I wasn’t going to do one.
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We’re professional athletes. People know who we are, and if there’s some way we can help with a friend or someone in need, that’s a responsibility we have. I really strongly believe that.
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I never looked at hockey as work. Now that I’d finished playing, I had to go to work.
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We’re going to have more kids playing, and we’re going to have a better chance of finding those players Minor sports in a community is for fun and recreation. For everyone.
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My Dad was my biggest supporter. He never put pressure on me.
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I’m really no different than anybody else; except that sometimes I get my name in the paper.
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