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.
BOBBY ORRThere are no environments where you’re only going to win, because life just isn’t like that.
More Bobby Orr Quotes
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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 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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We’ve got to do a better job with our kids. Teach good values, teach the fundamentals.
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Staying out of the penalty box will really help.
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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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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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When you’re young, you don’t realize the sacrifices that people are making for you.
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Blood, sweat, tears. No practice tomorrow ’cause there’s no one left to beat.
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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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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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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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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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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 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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