Guy Lafleur Quotes

A lot of the players are not involved with any NHL team, so to play and travel around with the Oldtimers' it's a kind of gift that the players really appreciate.

I think it was always there and it was maybe a matter of bringing it out. It was harder than I thought it would be and I had to try harder. I had to regain my confidence, maybe the most important thing. I have learned a lot to relax. I know what I can do now, and I do it.

The players wanted more money, higher salary caps and they didn't have that family relationship we felt with the players. Mentally, the players were more businesslike.

Anyway, I've never been captain in 16 years in the NHL. But that didn't stop me being a leader in my own way.

Individual records are nice to get, but before the season starts, you want to play to win the Stanley Cup!

It's nice to see the young ones 7, 8, 9 years old. It seems like they know you through their parents.

Being drafted by the Montreal Canadiens, that was the greatest moment in my career. And stealing the Stanley Cup in 1978 and bringing it back to my hometown of Thurso.

When trouble comes, it's your family that supports you.

I would compare that to when I first started with the Montreal Canadiens; it was a big family then, where the guys really stuck together and worked like a unit. But when I came back in '88, it was not like that anymore.

After 13 years, I couldn't accept to be number two.

Well, it's always nice to know the fans didn't forget what you did when you played in the NHL.

The crowd doesn't give a crap as long as you bring the money in.

I realized that my family was more important to me than downtown night life.

The day you hear someone call me captain will be the day I buy a boat.

That's why I made a comeback in 1988. I knew there were chances of not making it, but I didn't want to end up at sixty years old and say I should have tried when I was thirty-eight.

It was my dream playing for the Montreal Canadiens - it was my dad's team.