Blood, sweat, tears. No practice tomorrow ’cause there’s no one left to beat.
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 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 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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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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When you’re young, you don’t realize the sacrifices that people are making for you.
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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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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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My Dad was my biggest supporter. He never put pressure on me.
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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’ve got to do a better job with our kids. Teach good values, teach the fundamentals.
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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 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’m a terrible dancer! Oh, I’m an awful dancer!
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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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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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