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.
BOBBY ORROnce 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.
More Bobby Orr Quotes
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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 never looked at hockey as work. Now that I’d finished playing, I had to go to work.
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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 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 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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I’m a terrible dancer! Oh, I’m an awful dancer!
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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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Staying out of the penalty box will really help.
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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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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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There are no environments where you’re only going to win, because life just isn’t like that.
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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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Blood, sweat, tears. No practice tomorrow ’cause there’s no one left to beat.
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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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