Gordie Howe
Gordie Howe
Gordon "Gordie" Howe, OCwas a Canadian professional ice hockey player. From 1946 to 1980, he played twenty-six seasons in the National Hockey Leagueand six seasons in the World Hockey Association; his first 25 seasons were spent with the Detroit Red Wings. Nicknamed "Mr. Hockey", Howe is considered the most complete player to ever play the game and one of the greatest ice hockey players of all time. A 23-time NHL All-Star, he held many of the sport's scoring records until...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth31 March 1928
CountryCanada
The first time I met Wayne Gretzky... he never said anything back.
There's always something in the game you wish you would have done different. That's why players improve, because they learn from what they did before. They might have been guessing before, but now they know.
All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity.
To me, hockey was always tremendous fun. That's what kept me going for so long. I simply love to play hockey.
You've got to love what you're doing. If you love it, you can overcome any handicap, or the soreness, or all the aches and pains and continue to play for a long, long time.
I always tell kids, you have two eyes and one mouth. Keep two open and one closed. You never learn anything if you're the one talking.