Canadian - Athlete | October 5, 1965 -
Since the beginning, I always loved the game. When you grow up in Montreal, one day you want to be a professional hockey player. When I was six or seven, I knew that was what I wanted.
Mario Lemieux
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All I can say to the young players is, enjoy every moment of it. Just enjoy every moment of it. Your career goes by very quickly.
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A month before the season I stop putting ketchup on my french fries.
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As I've said, in 2007, we're free to go and we'll just have to do what's best for the business.
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Depending on how we start the season, I can play center or wing... It doesn't matter to me.
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Everybody I talked to - from my friends to my family and some of the players - really gave me a lot of support from the start. And that certainly made me feel good about trying to come back and be one of the best again.
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He's only 4 years old, so I don't think he realized, you know, that I played so many years. Of course, we watch tapes here from the Stanley Cup years, but I don't think he realized how many years I played.
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I can no longer play at a level I was accustomed to in the past.
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I didn't speak English until I came to Pittsburgh.
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I don't try to match wine with food, I just drink what I like. And I think a lot of people are going towards that now, which never used to be in the past.
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I think people in Montreal smoke a lot, and I used to smoke when I was 17-18, and just picked it up when I was playing juniors. But I think I stopped when I was 22, which was a big decision in my life.
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I think the game has opened up, and that's why I decided to come back and try to be a part of it.
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