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.
BOBBY ORRGrowing up in Canada, most kids from Canada dream of playing in the NHL, and they also hope one day to be on a Stanley Cup team. That was a big goal.
More Bobby Orr Quotes
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Blood, sweat, tears. No practice tomorrow ’cause there’s no one left to beat.
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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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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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I never looked at hockey as work. Now that I’d finished playing, I had to go to work.
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Growing up in Canada, most kids from Canada dream of playing in the NHL, and they also hope one day to be on a Stanley Cup team. That was a big goal.
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When you’re young, you don’t realize the sacrifices that people are making for you.
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I was an offensive defenseman. I was up the ice as much as I was back.
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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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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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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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So many of today’s programs are about trophies and jackets, and we think that’s a big mistake.
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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 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’m a terrible dancer! Oh, I’m an awful dancer!
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