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.
BOBBY ORRYou 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 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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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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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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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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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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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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Staying out of the penalty box will really help.
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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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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 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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My Dad was my biggest supporter. He never put pressure on me.
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I’m a terrible dancer! Oh, I’m an awful dancer!
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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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