Once you turn pro and you're making the big money and kids are buying your sneakers and your skates and your gloves and so on, you are a member of that role model club.
Interpretation
Achieving professional success also comes with the responsibility of being a role model for others.
In this quote, Bobby Orr emphasizes that once an individual reaches a professional level of success, particularly in sports, they become a role model for younger generations. The significant financial rewards and influence on fans and youth implicate a responsibility to lead by example, showcasing the effect oneβs actions can have on aspiring athletes and fans who look up to them.
In practice
A coach can use this quote to inspire young athletes about the responsibilities that come with success.
Growing up, if I hadn't had sports, I don't know where I'd be. God only knows what street corners I'd have been standing on and God only knows what I'd have been doing, but instead I played hockey and went to school and stayed out of trouble.
The biggest thing we get out of it is seeing the kids smile. And hopefully we will also see that the lessons we're teaching - not only the fundamentals of hockey, but also the life values - are sinking in.
Minor sports in the community is fun and recreation for everyone, not just the elite. I think back to my days in minor hockey and those are my fondest memories, having fun.
I've been a very lucky guy. I played on championship teams. I played for Canada. I've won some awards and I'm very proud of those accomplishments. But I don't think there's anything greater than to come home and to be recognized at home. This is the pinnacle.
I was the happiest guy in the world when I was on the ice. You're being paid to play a game! That's pretty special.
If you're going to help somebody, sneak in, sneak out, do what you can. I just sneak along and do my thing and meet wonderful people, some people I've never met, new friends.
Good is the enemy of great.. The vast majority of good companies remain just that - good, but not great.
Everybody's story of getting into the industry is just as difficult as the next person. Whether you come from money or no money, it's not easy... you have to offer yourself; you can't expect someone to get you.
Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you.
Remember that basketball is a game of habits. If you make the other guy deviate from his habits, you've got him
Sound character provides the power with which a person may ride the emergencies of life instead of being overwhelmed by them. Failure is... the highway to success.
A lot of people are focused on taking over the world or doing the biggest thing and getting the most users. I think part of making a difference and doing something cool is focusing intensely.
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