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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.

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Bobby Orr
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: March 20
Ice Hockey Player
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Robert Gordon Orr
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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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When you're young, you don't realize the sacrifices that people are making for you.
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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.
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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.
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I'm a terrible dancer! Oh, I'm an awful dancer!
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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.
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There are no environments where you're only going to win, because life just isn't like that.
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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.
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Blood, sweat, tears. No practice tomorrow 'cause there's no one left to beat.
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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.
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Everyone should have the same opportunity, and in many areas that's not the case because programs are built around the elite.
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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.
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We've got to do a better job with our kids. Teach good values, teach the fundamentals.
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I never looked at hockey as work. Now that I'd finished playing, I had to go to work.
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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.
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Growing up in Canada, most kids from Canada dream of playing in the NHL, and they also hope one day to be on a Stanley Cup team. That was a big goal.
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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.
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My Dad was my biggest supporter. He never put pressure on me.
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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.
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So many of today's programs are about trophies and jackets, and we think that's a big mistake.
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