Mario Lemieux Quotes

I remember making the all-star team in Little League when I was around 11 years old. I was not a great athlete, but I loved it, so making starting second base in the all-star was great for me. I think someone must have been sick and they slotted me in.

If I'd have went on the ice when this thing happened, someone would have speared me or something. It's a great feeling of accomplishment and pride. They had to do it; it was their moment.

It's been a great honor for me to be a player for the Detroit Red Wings, to play for an Original Six franchise. I know I'm far from perfect, but I learned a lot.

Today I join the greatest players that played the game. It is a great feeling being here.

I go to my favourite tournament, I talk about my favourite sport and it's just a great month of parading.

Cricket can produce some amazing feelings on the field and I have been lucky enough to experience a few along the way.

Through the years, I have so many wonderful memories of playing with the Red Wings: winning four Stanley Cups, scoring big goals, going into battle every night side by side with my teammates, playing with every ounce of effort I could muster.

When you take a year off from football, you come back for all the enjoyable moments. When you're not playing, you miss out on all the highs, but you also miss these disappointments. But I would rather be in the arena to be excited or be disappointed than not have a chance at all. That's football. That's why everybody plays it.

You want to play in every game, and you especially don't want to be in the penalty box for five minutes and give the other team a chance to get a power play, and you don't want to hurt anyone on the other team.

It was great to play with some of my old linemates.

I love preseason games. They are fun to me because you get to go out there with guys that are on the NFL field for the first time and playing against guys who are going to be on the field for the first time.

When you are a professional sportsman all the guys are great competitors in the top 50.

The biggest thing for me is just to get out on that field. Just to do that will be incredible.

It wasn't until I was at 39 that I joined my first real hockey team. Which was great. I scored a couple of goals here and there, but I wasn't the most graceful thing you've ever seen.

I got to experience a world championship with some great teammates.

I'm leaving the game of hockey with nothing but great memories.

Growing up as an athlete, I started skating very young. My parents didn't know anything about the sport, so they went with the flow. I had two great coaches who gave great advice and gave guidelines for my parents. My parents let the coaches dictate what was going on on the ice.

As a kid, you dream of winning the Stanley Cup. As you get older, you understand the importance of winning the Olympics.

The chance of winning a Super Bowl in a city like New York, there's nothing like it. Once you win one, you get that bug to win another one, that edge.

Regardless of whether it is playing for your school team or playing for Manchester United, winning is great.

I am very excited to be here in Wales and look forward to putting on the Cardiff Blues shirt.

My father was a really good athlete, so his pop-ups really were sky high. Eventually I learned how to judge them properly and catch them well. It was great training for when I started to play on teams, which I did all through school.

There are great amateur bodies that have good programs right from the grassroots level to professionals.

I have great memories of my years in Edmonton and the players who were my teammates.

All-Star Weekend always treats me great. I love the atmosphere that comes with it.