Quotes from Guy Lafleur

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

That's the key to win a lot of games: you have to pull the wagon together, and everybody has to give 100 per cent, and that's how you're going to win games.

In the NHL, 95 percent of success is confidence.

My night is over only when there are no more photos to take and nothing left to sign.

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.

A captain shouldn't be chosen on the amount of goals he's going to score.

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

Play every game as if it's your last one

Play every game as if it is your last one.

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.

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

I was not the best student. Thank God I had a lot of hockey talent.

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.

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.

I didn't go to the 12th grade... I stopped at 11.

I hate golf.

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

The only time I'm relaxing is when I have the puck and controlling the puck. If I don't have it, I'm getting anxious, and I want to have it.

I've been playing hockey since I was five years old. It's a part of my life.

I was lucky enough to have a hockey career in the NHL.

You can't replace a guy like Jean Beliveau.

I was a right-winger, but I was all over the ice.

When I was on the ice, I felt like a free man. With flying, it's the same thing. When I'm flying by myself on an afternoon, I feel free.

I love the game. I want to see creativity. I want to see great goals. I want 'Wow!'