When you’re young, you don’t realize the sacrifices that people are making for you.
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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We’ve got to do a better job with our kids. Teach good values, teach the fundamentals.
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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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Sidney Crosby, our greatest player, I don’t want to see Sidney Crosby in the penalty box. I don’t want to see Sidney Crosby hurt. I want to see Sidney Crosby play.
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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’m a terrible dancer! Oh, I’m an awful dancer!
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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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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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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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I don’t spend a lot of time here in New York. I didn’t realize there were so many Bruins fans in New York.
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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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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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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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Blood, sweat, tears. No practice tomorrow ’cause there’s no one left to beat.
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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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My Dad was my biggest supporter. He never put pressure on me.
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