Quotes by Guy Lafleur

About Guy Lafleur:

Guy Damien "The Flower" / "Le Démon Blond" Lafleur is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who was the first player in the National Hockey League (NHL) to score 50 goals and 100 points in six straight seasons. Between 1971 and 1991, he played for the Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers and Quebec Nordiques in an NHL career spanning 17 seasons and five Stanley Cup championships.
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I realized that my family was more important to me than downtown night life.

Guy Lafleur

When trouble comes, it's your family that supports you.

Guy Lafleur

The players wanted more money, higher salary caps and they didn't have that family relationship we felt with the players. Mentally, the players were more businesslike.

Guy Lafleur

I would compare that to when I first started with the Montreal Canadiens; it was a big family then, where the guys really stuck together and worked like a unit. But when I came back in '88, it was not like that anymore.

Guy Lafleur

It was my dream playing for the Montreal Canadiens - it was my dad's team.

Guy Lafleur

I was impressed all my life. Because of the Montreal Canadiens' past, it means a lot because it was a team I cherished as a kid. It was my dream playing for the Montreal Canadiens - it was my dad's team.

Guy Lafleur

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.

Guy Lafleur

You do not play hockey for good seasons. You play to win the Stanley Cup. It has to be the objective.

Guy Lafleur

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 ca...

Guy Lafleur

After 13 years, I couldn't accept to be number two.

Guy Lafleur

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

Guy Lafleur

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.

Guy Lafleur

Play every game as if it is your last one.

Guy Lafleur

Well, it's always nice to know the fans didn't forget what you did when you played in the NHL.

Guy Lafleur

It's nice to see the young ones 7, 8, 9 years old. It seems like they know you through their parents.

Guy Lafleur

That's why I made a comeback in 1988. I knew there were chances of not making it, but I didn't want to end up at sixty years old and say I should have tried when I was thirty-eight.

Guy Lafleur

Being drafted by the Montreal Canadiens, that was the greatest moment in my career. And stealing the Stanley Cup in 1978 and bringing it back to my hometown of Thurso.

Guy Lafleur

A lot of the players are not involved with any NHL team, so to play and travel around with the Oldtimers' it's a kind of gift that the players really appreciate.

Guy Lafleur

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

Guy Lafleur

I was working on the farm to get in shape, about a mile away from my parents. You know, I did everything as a kid to stay in shape - jogging, work on the farm, driving the tractor. I'll never forget.

Guy Lafleur

Author Bio

  • NameGuy Lafleur
  • DescriptionCanadian ice hockey player
  • AliasesThe Flower; Le Démon Blond; Guy Damien Lafleur
  • BornSeptember 20, 1951
  • CountryCanada
  • ProfessionIce Hockey Player
  • AwardsOfficer Of The Order Of Canada; Knight Of The National Order Of Quebec