We’ve got to do a better job with our kids. Teach good values, teach the fundamentals.
BOBBY ORROnce you turn pro and you’re making the big money and kids are buying your sneakers and your skates and your gloves and so on, you are a member of that role model club.
More Bobby Orr Quotes
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The biggest thing we get out of it is seeing the kids smile. And hopefully we will also see that the lessons we’re teaching – not only the fundamentals of hockey, but also the life values – are sinking in.
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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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I’m really no different than anybody else; except that sometimes I get my name in the paper.
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So many of today’s programs are about trophies and jackets, and we think that’s a big mistake.
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I’m a terrible dancer! Oh, I’m an awful dancer!
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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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Once you turn pro and you’re making the big money and kids are buying your sneakers and your skates and your gloves and so on, you are a member of that role model club.
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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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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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My Dad was my biggest supporter. He never put pressure on me.
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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 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.
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Staying out of the penalty box will really help.
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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 never looked at hockey as work. Now that I’d finished playing, I had to go to work.
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