Guy Lafleur quotes

Individual records are nice to get, but before the season starts, you want to play to win the Stanley Cup! (Guy Lafleur)
When trouble comes, it's your family that supports you.
Guy Lafleur
The day you hear someone call me captain will be the day I buy a boat.
Guy Lafleur
After 13 years, I couldn't accept to be number two.
Guy Lafleur
Go ahead, work hard and never be afraid to try something. Even if you don't make it, at least you can say you tried.
Guy Lafleur
It was tough going to school in the day and traveling to games at night. Sometimes we would get back about midnight. I never went to dances or hung around with girls. Hockey was the first thing.
Guy Lafleur
It may be that everywhere else in the world, the ascendance of Flower Power began and ended in the sixties, Mr. Speaker, but in Montreal it began in 1971 and ended yesterday when Guy Lafleur retired. This is the end of a great era, Mr. Speaker. I am certain that the House and the entire population of Canada will join me in wishing him good luck in the future and thanking him for the unforgettable moments he has given us.
Guy Lafleur
Everybody skated and played hockey. When I was five, Dad gave me a heavy box for Christmas. When I opened it, there was only a piece of wood. I was so mad! Then he gave me another box, and the skates were there. Dad used to build a rink behind our house every winter. That's where I started playing hockey. From the time I was seven, I used to sleep in all my equipment. That way, I was ready to play in the morning.
Guy Lafleur
Play every game as if it's your last one.
Guy Lafleur
You do not play hockey for good seasons. You play to win the Stanley Cup. It has to be the objective.
Guy Lafleur
It was my dream playing for the Montreal Canadiens - it was my dad's team. (Guy Lafleur)
Well, it's always nice to know the fans didn't forget what you did when you played in the NHL.
Guy Lafleur
Being drafted by the Montreal Canadiens, that was the greatest moment in my career. And stealing the Stanley Cup in 1978 and bringing it back to my hometown of Thurso.
Guy Lafleur
I was working on the farm to get in shape, about a mile away from my parents. You know, I did everything as a kid to stay in shape - jogging, work on the farm, driving the tractor. I'll never forget.
Guy Lafleur
I realized that my family was more important to me than downtown night life.
Guy Lafleur
I would compare that to when I first started with the Montreal Canadiens; it was a big family then, where the guys really stuck together and worked like a unit. But when I came back in '88, it was not like that anymore.
Guy Lafleur
I think it was always there and it was maybe a matter of bringing it out. It was harder than I thought it would be and I had to try harder. I had to regain my confidence, maybe the most important thing. I have learned a lot to relax. I know what I can do now, and I do it.
Guy Lafleur
Anyway, I've never been captain in 16 years in the NHL. But that didn't stop me being a leader in my own way.
Guy Lafleur
A lot of the players are not involved with any NHL team, so to play and travel around with the Oldtimers' it's a kind of gift that the players really appreciate.
Guy Lafleur
The crowd doesn't give a crap as long as you bring the money in.
Guy Lafleur
It's nice to see the young ones 7, 8, 9 years old. It seems like they know you through their parents. (Guy Lafleur)
It's nice to go to small places where we had a lot of fans. They followed our career and it's kind of a way to say thank you to them and do it for a good cause.
Guy Lafleur
That's why I made a comeback in 1988. I knew there were chances of not making it, but I didn't want to end up at sixty years old and say I should have tried when I was thirty-eight.
Guy Lafleur