Bobby Orr Quotes

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.

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.

Forget about style; worry about results.

I never looked at hockey as work. Now that I'd finished playing, I had to go to work.

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

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.

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

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.

The love and passion I had for the game was my key. I never had that taken out of me by my parents or a silly coach.

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.

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.

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.

I was an offensive defenseman. I was up the ice as much as I was back.

So many of today's programs are about trophies and jackets, and we think that's a big mistake.

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.

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

I'm a terrible dancer! Oh, I'm an awful dancer!

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.