The Christmas just before I turned four, my parents bought me a pair of little black skates and the Bay of Quinte was frozen and my two sisters took me out there and held my hands and taught me to skate. Now I don't know if this is true - although it sounds good! - but rumour has it by the end of the day they couldn't keep up with me.

Bobby Hull

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Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box;... by Bobby Hull

Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score.

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When you are absolutely, positively sure you know all there is to know about anything, you're as far from the truth as you will ever be.

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We have to get families back in the game, get back where Saturday night, everything stops. A case of beer comes out and a bottle of rye and anyone who comes to the house, they better want to watch hockey.

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My former wife made me a millionaire. I used to have three millio... by Bobby Hull

My former wife made me a millionaire. I used to have three million dollars.

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What makes it all worthwhile is we just play for the sheer enjoyment of entertaining people and... make our families and the team we played on and the people watching, proud of what we did.

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I wouldn't urinate in his ear if his brain was on fire! by Bobby Hull

I wouldn't urinate in his ear if his brain was on fire!

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Nobody gives a crap about hockey down here - nobody. I coach kids' hockey down here and you can start to see the disinterest in the game here with the kids

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I was a multi-millionaire from playing hockey. Then I got divorc... by Bobby Hull

I was a multi-millionaire from playing hockey. Then I got divorced, and now I'm a millionaire.

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Orr is the greatest young hockey player that's come along since I... by Bobby Hull

Orr is the greatest young hockey player that's come along since I've been here.

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Every professional athlete owes a debt of gratitude to the fans and management, and pays an installment every time he plays. He should never miss a payment.

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Then to have Brett come along and follow in the footsteps, it's so gratifying. I get as much enjoyment out of watching Brett play as I did of entertaining people myself.

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I think for kids it's the most important part of the game. You have to be able to skate forward and backward, stop and start, go from side to side. Those are the basics of the game.

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Well, pioneers always suffer. I don't care who is the first to embark upon things. For instance, settlers that settled the West, Western Canada and the U.S... they went though hell doing it, but it had to be done

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My job is to suggest and ratify and use any expertise that I might have gained over the 23 years in professional hockey to make our game a better game.

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Somewhere in my wildest childhood I must have done something right. Being able to make a boyhood dream come true is one thing, but to have a kid come along and thrill his dad like Brett Hull has thrilled me over his career is too much for one guy to handle.

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All I've done all my life is just tried to better the game for our players and for those people watching.

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I feel, first of all, very privileged that these people think enough of me that they made me commissioner. And it's almost like, as Yogi Berra said, 'deja vu all over again.'

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If I told you that the big contract had nothing to do with my signing, Id be lying. It made the future secure for my family.

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First and foremost it's important that we're able to put something back in the game, which we have always done. We're doing this to help needy charities along with the police forces in different towns and cities.

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I hope I can do a better job than Mr. Bettman. by Bobby Hull

I hope I can do a better job than Mr. Bettman.

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