In Chicago, having crashed his motorcycle into a car. According to police reports, his blood-alcohol level was more than three times the legal limit and he told officers: Just charge me with the usual.
You keep shooting. You hope it goes in, and you smile.
People here want the team to win and to do well. The thing is, we know when to shoot the puck.
Every boo on the road is a cheer.
It doesn't matter how many times you get knocked down. The only thing that matters is how many times you get up.
I say no words... I can't speak with him. I shy. He too good.
Usually when you play a team, you want to focus on one line. Pittsburgh is the only team where you have to focus on one player [Mario Lemieux]. When he's coming toward you, all you see is him.
Milt was one of the men who discovered Bobby Orr. He once said that if a player comes along who is better then Bobby Orr, may the Good Lord let me be alive to see him because he is going to be one hell of a player to watch. Enough said.
Heroes? Vietnam Vets are heroes. The guys who tried to rescuse our hostages in Iran are heroes. I'm just a hockey player.
When you stand on the victory stand, you must be able to ask yourself: 'Did I win this medal?'
He's one of the most coachable players out there.
Playing goal is like being shot at.
Women are playing [hockey] because they love it, not because they’re trying to be a woman in a man’s game.
No man is entirely worthless, he can always serve as a bad example.
It's like the animal kingdom. Adapt or go extinct.
Just charge me with the usual.
Hockey is my life. I love every minute of it.
By 1946, I knew Detroit was the best hockey city in the Original Six.
When people discover they are no good at baseball or hockey, they put away their bats and their skates and they take up amateur golf or stamp collecting or gardening. But when people discover they are no good at picking stocks, they are likely to continue to do it anyway.
On his attempt at the Edmonton Oilers empty net: I guess they respect my shot because they were all ready at the blue line.
The most-honored ancestors of your matriarch besmirched the season of the orange blossom.
Like I said, a 30-year-old hockey player, even when I came to New York when I was 30, I was on the downside of my career, pretty much the end of my career.
The first thing I would do when I saw Bobby coming down at me was to say a little prayer if I had time. I'm sure I wasn't the only goalie who did that.
It was probably the biggest accomplishment of my life.
I believe Bobby Orr had the greatest impact of any player to come along in my lifetime. He earned his place in hockey history by single handedly changing the game from the style played in my day. In my mind there can be no greater legacy.
