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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
There are no environments where you’re only going to win, because life just isn’t like that. Bobby Orr Read Quote
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. Bobby Orr Read Quote
Minor sports in the community is fun and recreation for everyone, not just the elite. I think back to my days in minor hockey and those are my fondest memories, having fun. Bobby Orr Read Quote
I couldn’t wait to get on the ice. I couldn’t wait to get to practice. As a kid, I couldn’t wait to shoot pucks or play in parking lots, or play on the river or play on the bay. Bobby Orr Read Quote
I was the happiest guy in the world when I was on the ice. You’re being paid to play a game! That’s pretty special. Bobby Orr Read Quote
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 Read Quote
