Bobby Orr Quotes

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• You don't win by being good. You win with hard work and sacrifice. Without that, skill is just potential.

  Bobby Orr

  Motivational, Sports, Work

  Bobby Orr (2013). “Orr: My Story”, p.78, Penguin

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• Forget about style; worry about results.

  Bobby Orr

  Sports, Hockey, Nhl

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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.

  Bobby Orr

  Trying, Might, Interaction

  Bobby Orr (2013). “Orr: My Story”, p.36, Penguin Canada

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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.

  Bobby Orr

  Smile, Sports, Teaching

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• Blood, sweat, tears. No practice tomorrow 'cause there's no one left to beat.

  Bobby Orr

  Hockey, Blood, Practice

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• When you're young, you don't realize the sacrifices that people are making for you.

  Bobby Orr

  Sacrifice, People, Realizing

  "Bobby Orr: How we're killing hockey". Interview with Ken MacQueen, www.macleans.ca. October 17, 2013.

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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.

  Bobby Orr

  Kids, Ice, Play

  "Bobby Orr: How we're killing hockey". Interview with Ken MacQueen, www.macleans.ca. October 17, 2013.

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• There are no environments where you're only going to win, because life just isn't like that.

  Bobby Orr

  Success, Sports, Hockey

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• I've been a very lucky guy. I played on championship teams. I played for Canada. I've won some awards and I'm very proud of those accomplishments. But I don't think there's anything greater than to come home and to be recognized at home. This is the pinnacle.

  Bobby Orr

  Sports, Team, Home

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• Staying out of the penalty box will really help.

  Bobby Orr

  Stay Strong, Helping, Boxes

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• Hockey is a tough game.

  Bobby Orr

  Hockey, Games, Tough

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• I'm really no different than anybody else; except that sometimes I get my name in the paper.

  Bobby Orr

  Names, Different, Paper

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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.

  Bobby Orr

  Sports, Fun, Memories

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• Developing better people should be the number one goal for any coach when dealing with kids. In trying to develop better people, we are going to develop more and better pros.

  Bobby Orr

  Success, Sports, Kids

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• Everyone should have the same opportunity, and in many areas that's not the case because programs are built around the elite.

  Bobby Orr

  Opportunity, Should Have, Program

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• We've got to do a better job with our kids. Teach good values, teach the fundamentals.

  Bobby Orr

  Inspirational, Motivational, Suicide

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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.

  Bobby Orr

  Ice, Games, Play

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• My Dad was my biggest supporter. He never put pressure on me.

  Bobby Orr

  Dad, Pressure, My Dad

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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.

  Bobby Orr

  Believe, Athlete, Responsibility

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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.

  Bobby Orr

  Sneak In, People, Helping

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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.

  Bobby Orr

  Winning, Night, Nhl

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• The kids wait for it to be organized. They want to go play all of these tournaments, for a little practice time. I learned my skills by dropping the puck just with the kids. I think that's missing today.

  Bobby Orr

  Sports, Kids, Thinking

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• Growing up, if I hadn't had sports, I don't know where I'd be. God only knows what street corners I'd have been standing on and God only knows what I'd have been doing, but instead I played hockey and went to school and stayed out of trouble.

  Bobby Orr

  Sports, Growing Up, School

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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.

  Bobby Orr

  Team, Player, Trying

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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.

  Bobby Orr

  Dream, Growing Up, Team

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