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.
BOBBY ORRSo many of today’s programs are about trophies and jackets, and we think that’s a big mistake.
More Bobby Orr Quotes
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I’m a terrible dancer! Oh, I’m an awful dancer!
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When you’re young, you don’t realize the sacrifices that people are making for you.
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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 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’m really no different than anybody else; except that sometimes I get my name in the paper.
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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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My Dad was my biggest supporter. He never put pressure on me.
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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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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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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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Blood, sweat, tears. No practice tomorrow ’cause there’s no one left to beat.
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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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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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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 was an offensive defenseman. I was up the ice as much as I was back.
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