Bobby Orr
Bobby Orr
Robert Gordon "Bobby" Orr, OCis a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, widely acknowledged as one of the greatest hockey players of all time. Orr used his ice skating speed, scoring, and play-making abilities to revolutionize the position of defenceman. He played in the National Hockey Leaguefor 12 seasons, starting with 10 with the Boston Bruins followed by two with the Chicago Black Hawks. Orr remains the only defenceman to have won the league scoring title with two Art Ross...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth20 March 1948
CityParry Sound, Canada
CountryCanada
I wish he had stayed back and played midget, just enjoy.
Because of the pressures, we are humiliating the kids - we're taking them out of minor sports. We're driving them away from the game.
We want to make sure that every kid who wants to play is going to continue to play and then we'll end up having more kids in the game.
They have a lot of firepower. We're looking forward to the game.
In my mind he's the most talented player I've ever seen. If it were not for health problems, God only knows what his numbers would have been.
I don't know if anybody could shoot it like he shot it. Not only was it hard - a lot of guys can shoot it hard - but he got it around the net most of the time.
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.
The love and passion I had for the game was my key. I never had that taken out of me by my parents or a silly coach.
You never know how a single interaction with a person might affect their life, so you must constantly try to be at your best.
Blood, sweat, tears. No practice tomorrow 'cause there's no one left to beat.
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.
I didn't want to do a book just to do a book. I wanted to do a book that, if you should read it, you might take one thing from it. Until that was clear in my mind, I wasn't going to do one.
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.
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.