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
When I played in Detroit on a line with Sid Abel and Ted Lindsay, we got used to each other, but it took time. And the more we played together the better we knew where each of us was on the ice. Also, the players must have enough time to interact with each other.
American professional athletes are bilingual; they speak English and profanity.
Some players may have had a drink too many the night before the game. I didn't have that problem because I was either too cheap, or didn't like the stuff.
Age has nothing to do with it. Heck, I played until I was 52 so I could play with my sons, Mark and Marty. In fact, at 52, I was the leading scorer on the team until Christmas before they benched me.
Rocket had that mean look on, every game we played. He was 100 percent hockey. He could hate with the best of them.
The kid looks good in his first game.
My mother and dad played the fiddle and the guitar.
Overall I can fairly safely say Bobby Orr impressed me more than anybody with his tremendous talents. In Bobby's first N.H.L. game he layed the lumber to Gordie's head. Later Howe retalliated and wanted to let the kid know he wasn't washed up yet.
I helped put in a rink in Cadillac, Michigan, when my wife was very healthy. She helped them put it in and the rink is going full-bore the last time I was there.
You can always get someone to do your thinking for you.
If Colleen Howe had been a hockey player, she would have been a centremen. I can see her as a centreman because you can do what you want and go wherever you want to go.
My philosophy is never start talking about 'if,' 'and,' 'but' or the past, because 90 percent of what follows will be negative.
People say I'm henpecked. Well, let them say it.
You find that you have peace of mind and can enjoy yourself, get more sleep, and rest when you know that it was a one hundred percent effort that you gave - win or lose.