#ow

It's a very big mental game, all day leading up to warm-ups. You're not sure if your curveball will break, or will you be able to throw it over the plate? It's all negative thoughts going into the game. ↗

— Al Leiter

#all day #big #break #day #game

Pitches are like pages of a book; they're so important. The chess game; how I set you up early, and how I'll do it differently later. ↗

— Al Leiter

#chess #chess game #differently #early #game

My son, he is the reason I got involved. It's been a joy to be around him and teach him the stuff that I know, and to the other kids as well. When he started playing I wanted to be involved in his hockey career. It's a lot of fun for both of us. ↗

— Mario Lemeiux

#been #both #career #fun #got

In happy hours, nature appears to us one with art; art perfected, -- the work of genius. And the individual, in whom simple tastes and susceptibility to all the great human influences overpower the accidents of a local and special culture, is the best critic of art. Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#art

To torture a man you have to know his pleasures. ↗

— Stanislaw Lem

#know #man #pleasures #torture #you

I think we need to do as much as we can to give back to these young kids growing up. I think we've done a pretty decent job so far. ↗

— Mario Lemeiux

#decent #done #far #give #growing

Depending on how we start the season, I can play center or wing... It doesn't matter to me. ↗

— Mario Lemieux

#depending #how #i #i can #matter

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. ↗

— Mario Lemieux

#cup #here #how #i #know

My body's feeling it a little bit. But one good thing, my back is in good shape, and that's my main concern. I know that my legs are going to take awhile to get back to where I was a few years ago, but as long as my back is solid, I feel that I can play many years. ↗

— Mario Lemieux

#awhile #back #bit #body #concern

It's up to the community now to decide if they want to keep this team. ↗

— Mario Lemieux

#decide #keep #now #team #up