Guy Lafleur Quotes

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Guy Lafleur

Profession : Athlete

Birth : September 20, 1951

When trouble comes, it's your family that supports you.

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

Play every game as if it is your last one.

Guy Lafleur

No matter what happens to us in life, we must get back on our feet and continue on the path.

Guy Lafleur

You can't replace a guy like Jean Beliveau.

Guy Lafleur

Hockey is not a one-man show; it's a team effort. If you don't work as a team - even if one or two guys aren't working - you're not going to win. That's the way it is.

Guy Lafleur

After 13 years, I couldn't accept to be number two.

Guy Lafleur

It was my dream playing for the Montreal Canadiens - it was my dad's team.

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

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

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

Well, it's always nice to know the fans didn't forget what you did when you played in the NHL.

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

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

I realized that my family was more important to me than downtown night life.

Guy Lafleur

The crowd doesn't give a crap as long as you bring the money in.

Guy Lafleur

The day you hear someone call me captain will be the day I buy a boat.

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

The players wanted more money, higher salary caps and they didn't have that family relationship we felt with the players. Mentally, the players were more businesslike.

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.

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