Bobby Orr Quotes - Page 2

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• 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.

  Bobby Orr

  Hockey, Air, Ice

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

  Bobby Orr

  Ice, Offensive

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• 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.

  Bobby Orr

  Kids, Sneakers, Role Models

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• You hear peewee coaches teaching the 'trap'. What the heck are we doing teaching the 'trap'? Let the kids go, let them have fun; that's how you improve.

  Bobby Orr

  Fun, Teaching, Kids

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• 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.

  Bobby Orr

  Sports, Hockey, Player

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

  Bobby Orr

  Dancer, Awful, Terrible

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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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• 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.

  Bobby Orr

  Book, Mind, Want

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• 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.

  Bobby Orr

  Hurt, Player, Want

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• 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.

  Bobby Orr

  Sports, Player, Games

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• 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.

  Bobby Orr

  New York, Fans, Realizing

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

  Bobby Orr

  Sports, Mistake, Thinking

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• 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

  Athlete, Talking, Events

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

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• 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.

  Bobby Orr

  Sports, Fun, Kids

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