Pat Burns Quotes

#1. Don't feel sorry because my life is over. Be happy that it happened.

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#2. Coaching the Bruins is like going bear hunting with a butter knife.

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#3. I believe in Wendel Clark. We want Wendel to be a prime-time player.

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#4. Excuse my voice - I don't have the thundering voice I used to have to get players going on the ice anymore.

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#5. I know my life is nearing its end and I accept that.

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#6. I'm not an overly happy person. There are times when I'm happy, and that's usually in my private life.

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#7. Coming to another hockey Mecca like Toronto makes you a better coach. I want to have fun again. I want to make it fun for everybody, and it's fun when you win.

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#8. If one of my players ever wants to hit me, he better do it really hard because otherwise, I'll find a rock, a stick, or a piece of wood - and believe me, it's gonna be a brawl.

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#9. He's as old as some trees.

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#10. Toronto was a great place to work, a fun place to work. People were so hockey-oriented, hockey-minded, without being too critical. In Montreal, they got downright nasty sometimes.

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#11. The kids get cheated out of a lot of times with their dad. They were good about it.

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#12. They're trying to kill me before I'm dead. I come to Quebec to spend some time with my family and they say I'm dead.

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#13. An avowed homosexual, that would never be accepted in hockey - never! Because it's a milieu where everyone is often naked.

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#14. I got hit with an octopus in Detroit one time. It was the most gross thing I've ever had happen. I got it right in the back of the neck; all the juice was coming down. It was awful.

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#15. As for my career, I always said to my kids, 'you don't cry because it's over, you're happy because it happened.'

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