Staying out of the penalty box will really help.
BOBBY ORRI 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.
More Bobby Orr Quotes
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You hear all the time about European players playing the game. These players that come over at 17, 18 and 19, they just don’t all of a sudden become skilled. From the time they were little fellas, they learned the fundamentals of the game. Let them create.
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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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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 an offensive defenseman. I was up the ice as much as I was back.
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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 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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I’m really no different than anybody else; except that sometimes I get my name in the paper.
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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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My Dad was my biggest supporter. He never put pressure on me.
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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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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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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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When you’re young, you don’t realize the sacrifices that people are making for you.
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On sheer ability, Mario is good enough to win scoring titles with a broken stick. On pure talent, he’s the best there is. But Wayne almost never disappoints you. He comes to work every night.
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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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