Mario Lemieux Quotes
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Depending on how we start the season, I can play center or wing... It doesn't matter to me.
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When I'm able to see the ice ahead of time when I get the puck, I'm able to make some pretty good plays.
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As I've said, in 2007, we're free to go and we'll just have to do what's best for the business.
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I think the lottery changed everything for us. Once we got Sidney, it helped us turn this franchise around overnight.
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My body's feeling it a little bit. But one good thing, my back is in good shape, and that's my main concern. I know that my legs are going to take awhile to get back to where I was a few years ago, but as long as my back is solid, I feel that I can play many years.
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When someone screams at me to hurry up, I slow down.
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He's only 4 years old, so I don't think he realized, you know, that I played so many years. Of course, we watch tapes here from the Stanley Cup years, but I don't think he realized how many years I played.
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All I can say to the young players is, enjoy every moment of it. Just enjoy every moment of it. Your career goes by very quickly.
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Since the beginning, I always loved the game. When you grow up in Montreal, one day you want to be a professional hockey player. When I was six or seven, I knew that was what I wanted.
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Play without fear, and you will be successful.
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I think we have to show some pride in the jersey that we are wearing, and can’t quit.
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It was great to play with some of my old linemates.
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The first few games that we played against some of the teams, the young guys, you know, want a stick sign or photo sign, and I think that they respect what I have achieved throughout my career.
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For as long as I can remember I wanted to be a professional hockey player.
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My son, he is the reason I got involved. It's been a joy to be around him and teach him the stuff that I know, and to the other kids as well. When he started playing I wanted to be involved in his hockey career. It's a lot of fun for both of us.
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Once I'm at the arena with the guys in the dressing room, and in the bus, and on the plane, I'm a player. And I sit in the back with the players and I play cards and try to take their money.
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Certainly we're not satisfied with just winning games. We've been playing some pretty good hockey, but we think we can play much better.
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Well, I think just a desire to come back and be a part of the game again.
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Everybody I talked to - from my friends to my family and some of the players - really gave me a lot of support from the start. And that certainly made me feel good about trying to come back and be one of the best again.
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I don't order fries with my club sandwich.
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I'm sorry I didn't feel any better or play any better, but that's what happens at the end of careers.
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I've gone through back surgery a couple times, and of course, my radiation treatments for six weeks got me to the point where I was not able to play at the level that I was accustomed to.
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I can no longer play at a level I was accustomed to in the past.
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I think people in Montreal smoke a lot, and I used to smoke when I was 17-18, and just picked it up when I was playing juniors. But I think I stopped when I was 22, which was a big decision in my life.
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Every day is a great day for hockey.
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Since the beginning, I always loved the game.
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I think the game has opened up, and that's why I decided to come back and try to be a part of it.
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Hockey is a tough, physical game, and it always should be.
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I think that with a lot of hard work and dedication, I feel that I could be the best in the world. I'm still only 35 years old... I have a fresh start physically and mentally, and I feel that I can achieve my goal to be the best again.
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I didn't speak English until I came to Pittsburgh.
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