Marcel Dionne

Being around all the great names of the game at a young age because they were my heroes; the fact this meant so much to Canada. It was just an incredible thing to be a part of. ↗

— Marcel Dionne

#around #because #being #canada #fact

I watched Gretzky, I watched Lemieux. Maybe it's the time when you're playing, but for a kid coming into the league, you play the Boston Bruins and you just watched Bobby Orr. ↗

— Marcel Dionne

#boston #coming #gretzky #i #into

I'll tell something, a lot of times I'd listen to Charlie and some of the interviews he had and he said, 'Well, yeah, I was a garbage goal collector.' But he knew the timing. I knew where he was. ↗

— Marcel Dionne

#collector #garbage #goal #had #i

I've done the same thing in the world of business that winners do in the game. I watch them, admire them. ↗

— Marcel Dionne

#business #done #game #i #same

I've never seen anything like it since. Some of the Canada Cups came close, but by then a lot of European players came and played in our league so we were more familiar with them. ↗

— Marcel Dionne

#came #canada #close #cups #european

Now you watch reality TV, you watch them in all those pools or Jacuzzis and I say to myself was I that stupid? But that was me then. ↗

— Marcel Dionne

#me #myself #now #pools #reality

People ask if I regret not winning a Stanley Cup, but winning the series against the Soviet Union was the best. It was the greatest experience of my hockey career by far. ↗

— Marcel Dionne

#ask #best #career #cup #experience

The only thing is we didn't have the supporting cast. ↗

— Marcel Dionne

#only #supporting #the only thing #thing

The thing is, playing with us, whoever was the left winger had to come to play every night because that's the way it was. Charlie came in and he just fit that role - big and strong around the net. ↗

— Marcel Dionne

#because #big #came #charlie #come

There was tremendous emotion. Every shift was so emotional. ↗

— Marcel Dionne

#emotional #every #shift #tremendous