American professional athletes are bilingual; they speak English and profanity. Gordie Howe More Quotes by Gordie Howe More Quotes From Gordie Howe 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. Gordie Howe learning sports children All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity. Gordie Howe hockey player sports 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. Gordie Howe hockey pain attitude To me, hockey was always tremendous fun. That's what kept me going for so long. I simply love to play hockey. Gordie Howe leadership fun sports 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. Gordie Howe motivational inspirational sports 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. Gordie Howe player games wish My philosophy is never start talking about 'if,' 'and,' 'but' or the past, because 90 percent of what follows will be negative. Gordie Howe talking philosophy past The first time I met Wayne Gretzky... he never said anything back. Gordie Howe gretzky wayne firsts Everybody whose anybody in hockey has played in Hershey. Gordie Howe hershey hockey You can always get someone to do your thinking for you. Gordie Howe nhl hockey thinking People say I'm henpecked. Well, let them say it. Gordie Howe wells people 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. Gordie Howe hockey player want 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. Gordie Howe hockey games kids The kid looks good in his first game. Gordie Howe nhl hockey kids 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. Gordie Howe michigan wife healthy Rocket had that mean look on, every game we played. He was 100 percent hockey. He could hate with the best of them. Gordie Howe hockey hate mean My mother and dad played the fiddle and the guitar. Gordie Howe guitar dad mother If I learned one thing by playing professional hockey for thirty-two years, it's that you have to love what you do. And that's not just true for sports. Gordie Howe professional you love sports If you make it anywhere in life, you owe that success to the people along the way who stuck up for you, or made sacrifices for you, and gave you a push when you needed it. In my case, those people were my family. Gordie Howe you family success life I still believe it is important that children have a chance to play other sports because they all offer learning experiences. Soccer is a growing sport and would be a good complement to hockey. Gordie Howe good learning sports children
