Some players may have had a drink too many the night before the game. I didn't have that problem because I was either too cheap, or didn't like the stuff.
More Quotes from Gordie Howe:
All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity.Gordie Howe
American professional athletes are bilingual; they speak English and profanity.
Gordie Howe
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
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
Age has nothing to do with it. Heck, I played until I was 52 so I could play with my sons, Mark and Marty. In fact, at 52, I was the leading scorer on the team until Christmas before they benched me.
Gordie Howe
When I played in Detroit on a line with Sid Abel and Ted Lindsay, we got used to each other, but it took time. And the more we played together the better we knew where each of us was on the ice. Also, the players must have enough time to interact with each other.
Gordie Howe
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Night QuotesYou can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality.
Walt Disney
What is easy is seldom excellent.
Samuel Johnson
Things happened there that I don't think are the finest hours for anybody, whether it was a journalist, the legal system or, in that case of the political system, who would say that was an example of when Washington worked best.
Rahm Emanuel