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
Mind, Rest, Hundred, Win Or Lose
All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity.
- Gordie Howe
Sports, Hockey, Players, Profanity
American professional athletes are bilingual; they speak English and profanity.
- Gordie Howe
Professional Athletes, Profanity
The first time I met Wayne Gretzky... he never said anything back.
- Gordie Howe
Never, Back, First Time, Gretzky
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, Want, Been, Wherever
My mother and dad played the fiddle and the guitar.
- Gordie Howe
Mother, Played, Dad, Fiddle
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
Game, Always, Been, Guessing
My philosophy is never start talking about 'if,' 'and,' 'but' or the past, because 90 percent of what follows will be negative.
- Gordie Howe
Past, Start, Will, Philosophy
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
Love, Play, Doing, To Love
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
Last, Very, Rink, Last Time
People say I'm henpecked. Well, let them say it.
- Gordie Howe
Say, Well, Them, People Say
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