Mike Babcock Quotes

• Keep attacking. The whole key is look after the puck and keep attacking. I don't think you adjust your personnel. You adjust your mindset.

  Mike Babcock

  Thinking, Keys, Looks

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• When you don't make people accountable, it leads to a superstar mentality where not everyone on the team is important.

  Mike Babcock

  Team, People, Important

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• Failure will hurt but not hinder us.

  Mike Babcock

  Hurt, Hinder

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• I'm process-orientated, and people say that about the details. But I love the players. My No. 1 job is to make them better men. My No. 2 job is to make them better at hockey, and I never confuse that. The best people I've ever been around in my life never let me get away with anything - ever. You can have all the details in the world, but if you can't communicate with people and find a way to help them help themselves, you have no chance in this league. To me, that's what the profession is about: getting guys to believe in themselves and each other.

  Mike Babcock

  Believe, Hockey, Player

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• When you sit with people you love, if you say something stupid, they call you on it - because they're honest with you and they're making you better. That's what we're as couches going to have here with our players. We're going to have an honest respect for one another, to make everyone maximize the potential they have. I expect the players to listen to me, and I'm going to listen to them. We've got to make each other better, and it's the way to create safety, because the players know you've got their backs. When you tell a player what you want, he will try to please you.

  Mike Babcock

  Stupid, Player, People

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• I still talk to my mom every day and she passed away when I was 28. And I still talk to my dad. The reality is that they're with you forever; the bond continues and they're there to help you and guide you. The best coaches I ever had, the best teachers, my parents, they all made it safe for me, not by being warm and fuzzy all the time, but by loving me so much, they were willing to make me better.

  Mike Babcock

  Mom, Teacher, Dad

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• When I come to the rink each day, in my heart and my mind, I'm going to expect to win, because that's the way I think. It's going to be way different than it has in the past for me, in some ways, coming here.

  Mike Babcock

  Heart, Winning, Past

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• The main thing is to race over to McDonald's to get an egg McMuffin before they shut down for the morning.

  Mike Babcock

  Morning, Race, Mcdonalds

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• I think being honest with one another creates an environment that's comfortable. You want to know where you stand, whether you're doing a good job. The players know what's going on before you do. They're trying to see if you're going to do something about it. And when it's not like that, everybody is pissed off, because they know that people can get away with stuff and that nobody is keeping them in line. That's not a team to me.

  Mike Babcock

  Team, Player, Thinking

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• Some guys score and some guys don't. We got a lot that don't.

  Mike Babcock

  Hockey, Nhl, Guy

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• You know what happens to guys? There's what I call the individual time of their career, and the team time of their career. This is the team time. You don't care about all the other stuff. You just want to live in one place, and watch your kids grow up and go to the same school. You say, 'Hey, maybe I'd better play well and be a good enough guy that they keep me.'

  Mike Babcock

  Growing Up, Team, School

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• There is something about Game 7 that there's a memory there for you for sure. You want to be a coach or a manager or a player or a goaltender that gets it done, because to me, that's all part of sports. That's what you dream about when you're a little kid - scoring the winning goal.

  Mike Babcock

  Sports, Dream, Memories

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