Bobby Orr Quotes
"Staying out of the penalty box will really help."
- Bobby Orr
(Related: Help, Will)
"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."
- Bobby Orr
(Related: Time, Kids, Play, Practice, Today, Want)
"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
(Related: Time)
"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
(Related: Sports, Chance, Community, Fun, Kids, Recreation)
"The fat lady hasn't sung yet. We'll wait until we get a look at what is in the motion passed on third reading."
- Bobby Orr
(Related: Lady, Reading)
"So many of today's programs are about trophies and jackets, and we think that's a big mistake."
- Bobby Orr
(Related: Mistake, Today)
"My Dad was my biggest supporter. He never put pressure on me."
- Bobby Orr
(Related: Dad, Pressure)
"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."
- Bobby Orr
(Related: Home, Accomplishments, Awards, Canada)
"Hockey is a tough game."
- Bobby Orr
"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."
- Bobby Orr
(Related: God, Sports, Growing up, School, Trouble)
"Forget about style; worry about results."
- Bobby Orr
(Related: Forget, Results, Style, Worry)
"Everyone should have the same opportunity, and in many areas that's not the case because programs are built around the elite."
- Bobby Orr
(Related: Opportunity)
"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."
- Bobby Orr
(Related: People, Goal, Coach, Kids, Trying)
"There are no environments where you're only going to win, because life just isn't like that."
- Bobby Orr
(Related: Life)