Mario Lemieux Quotes

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• Play without fear, and you will be successful.

  Mario Lemieux

  Successful, Play, Being Successful

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• Every day is a great day for hockey.

  Mario Lemieux

  Inspirational, Motivational, Hockey

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• All I can say to the young players is, enjoy every moment of it. Just enjoy every moment of it. Your career goes by very quickly.

  Mario Lemieux

  Sports, Player, Careers

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• I think we have to show some pride in the jersey that we are wearing, and can’t quit.

  Mario Lemieux

  Pride, Thinking, Jersey

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• One thing I hate is people screaming at me. If you want me to do something, talk to me. When someone screams at me to hurry up, I slow down.

  Mario Lemieux

  Hate, Hockey, Nhl

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• When someone screams at me to hurry up, I slow down.

  Mario Lemieux

  Scream, Slow Down

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• Since the beginning, I always loved the game. When you grow up in Montreal, one day you want to be a professional hockey player. When I was six or seven, I knew that was what I wanted.

  Mario Lemieux

  Sports, Growing Up, Hockey

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• I think that with a lot of hard work and dedication, I feel that I could be the best in the world. I'm still only 35 years old... I have a fresh start physically and mentally, and I feel that I can achieve my goal to be the best again.

  Mario Lemieux

  Sports, Perseverance, Hard Work

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• I don't order fries with my club sandwich.

  Mario Lemieux

  Hockey, Order, Nhl

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• For as long as I can remember I wanted to be a professional hockey player.

  Mario Lemieux

  Hockey, Player, Long

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• Hockey is a tough, physical game, and it always should be.

  Mario Lemieux

  Hockey, Nhl, Games

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• Everybody I talked to - from my friends to my family and some of the players - really gave me a lot of support from the start. And that certainly made me feel good about trying to come back and be one of the best again.

  Mario Lemieux

  Sports, Player, Support

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• My body's feeling it a little bit. But one good thing, my back is in good shape, and that's my main concern. I know that my legs are going to take awhile to get back to where I was a few years ago, but as long as my back is solid, I feel that I can play many years.

  Mario Lemieux

  Sports, Years, Play

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• Certainly we're not satisfied with just winning games. We've been playing some pretty good hockey, but we think we can play much better.

  Mario Lemieux

  Sports, Hockey, Winning

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• I didn't like the way the game was being played.

  Mario Lemieux

  Sports, Games, Way

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• Since the beginning, I always loved the game.

  Mario Lemieux

  Hockey, Games, Montreal

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• My son, he is the reason I got involved. It's been a joy to be around him and teach him the stuff that I know, and to the other kids as well. When he started playing I wanted to be involved in his hockey career. It's a lot of fun for both of us.

  Mario Lemieux

  Fun, Kids, Son

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• I didn't speak English until I came to Pittsburgh.

  Mario Lemieux

  Speak English, Pittsburgh, Speak

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• I'm sorry I didn't feel any better or play any better, but that's what happens at the end of careers.

  Mario Lemieux

  Sorry, Play, Careers

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• Once I'm at the arena with the guys in the dressing room, and in the bus, and on the plane, I'm a player. And I sit in the back with the players and I play cards and try to take their money.

  Mario Lemieux

  Sports, Player, Guy

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• I think the game has opened up, and that's why I decided to come back and try to be a part of it.

  Mario Lemieux

  Sports, Thinking, Games

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• I've gone through back surgery a couple times, and of course, my radiation treatments for six weeks got me to the point where I was not able to play at the level that I was accustomed to.

  Mario Lemieux

  Sports, Couple, Play

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• When it comes to hockey, it's been in my blood since I was 3 or 4 years old. I love coaching the kids, especially at that level.

  Mario Lemieux

  Kids, Hockey, Blood

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• I think people in Montreal smoke a lot, and I used to smoke when I was 17-18, and just picked it up when I was playing juniors. But I think I stopped when I was 22, which was a big decision in my life.

  Mario Lemieux

  Thinking, People, Decision

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• I have two main reasons for retiring. The first is I can no longer play at a level I was accustomed to in the past. That has been very, very frustrating to me throughout this past year. The second one is realizing my health, along with my family, is the most important thing in the world.

  Mario Lemieux

  Past, Years, Play

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