Paul Coffey Quotes
Leadership is one of sports' intangibles. Guys can score, guys can fight, guys can skate faster than anybody else. But not everybody can say, 'Follow me.'
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Nobody wants to give up good players.
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Maybe it's a little depressing to think that my vision of a perfect world is actually so messed up, but I think it means that I don't really understand what 'perfect' is.
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I have about 4 million Lego bricks. And then a few million in storage in case something comes up. I still pay for them. I buy my bricks just like everyone else. It's by far my biggest capital expense.
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I love acting but I also love writing, especially comedy.
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The fact that I've achieved this so soon is just a bonus, I guess. Everything from now on is a bonus for me.
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Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.
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I am not a political man and I have no political convictions. I am an individual and a believer in liberty. That is all the politics I have. On the other hand I am not a super-patriot. Super-patriotism leads to Hitlerism - and we've had our lesson there. I don't want to create a revolution - I just want to create a few more films.
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If I had to do it all over again, would I want my dad here? I would say no. Our world is in a better place because our father gave his life.
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When I have meetings scheduled so tight that I can't go to the loo, that's where I draw the line!
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We've always been just an American rock n' roll band.
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I hate small talk! I can't do it.
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My brother and I are best friends.
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When you work with a band, obviously you've got to present them with something they can get a hold of, so it has to be a little more fleshed out as a song. And then where it goes is more collaborative, obviously; it's more political possibly, certainly more a conscious process than a subconscious process, which the painting can be.
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Courage and conviction are powerful weapons against an enemy who depends only on fists or guns. Animals know when you are afraid; a coward knows when you are not.
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Someone gave me great advice. That when you're looked on as a pioneer, or you start a trend, you're not always going to benefit from it.
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I will never use a substitute for butter. Margarine is one molecule away from eating plastic. If I'm going to eat that type of food, it's going to be the real deal.
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The Moodies is a responsibility to deliver the goods every night onstage and to do it sincerely; otherwise, it doesn't work. You've got the three guys left in the Moodies that really want to do it onstage, so I think we're truer to the old records now than we ever were.
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Americans are a lot more open, of course. There's something more declamatory in the way you express emotions. It's a stereotype but it's true. British people can appear repressed in expressing emotions. Not very good at self-evaluating, or affirming situations, touching, anything like that.
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Aren't we at the point where the closer we get to chaos, the more concern that there should be about coming to the table and compromising with Democrats? This is not leadership. This is almost like dictatorship.
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I often think about what I want my sons to fully comprehend in regards to how sport industry unfairly operates.
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If given a chance, I would like to work with Surender Reddy.
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I've never quite understood that feeling: that you arrive in a strange place, yet you want to have nothing but familiar experiences.
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The women here are the ones that hold the families together. So if my mom were to be unhappy with me, in a way, it would be like I would have lost my entire family.
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Leadership is one of sports' intangibles. Guys can score, guys can fight, guys can skate faster than anybody else. But not everybody can say, 'Follow me.'
