Bobby Orr Quotes

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

    "Bobby Orr: How we're killing hockey". Interview with Ken MacQueen, www.macleans.ca. October 17, 2013.
  • Blood, sweat, tears. No practice tomorrow 'cause there's no one left to beat.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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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.

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

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

  • 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.

  • Once 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.

  • 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.

  • Staying out of the penalty box will really help.

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

    "Bobby Orr: How we're killing hockey". Interview with Ken MacQueen, www.macleans.ca. October 17, 2013.
  • I'm a terrible dancer! Oh, I'm an awful dancer!

  • I always tell Bobby he was up in the air so so long that I had had time to shower and change before he hit the ice.

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

  • 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: How we're killing hockey". Interview with Ken MacQueen, www.macleans.ca. October 17, 2013.
  • Hockey is a tough game. With all the talk and everything that's going on right now, it frightens me a little bit that we are giving our players an excuse not to hit. I just hope that we don't take that out of our game at the pro level.

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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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  • 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.

  • 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.

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

    Bobby Orr (2013). “Orr: My Story”, p.78, Penguin
  • 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'm really no different than anybody else; except that sometimes I get my name in the paper.

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    Bobby Orr

    • Born: March 20, 1948
    • Occupation: Ice hockey player