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There's stars, superstars, and then there's Bobby Orr. -- Serge Savard
The greatest hockey player who ever lived: Bobby Orr, and I love him. -- Donald Stewart Cherry
Orr is the greatest young hockey player that's come along since I've been here. -- Bobby Hull
If I can be half the hockey player that Bobby Orr was, I'll be happy. -- Ray Bourque
Bobby Orr was a star when they played the National Anthem in his first game. -- Harry Sinden
To be on the same team with Orr was great because when I turned pro, nobody had more charisma. -- Marcel Dionne
I actually had a Bobby Orr action figure. You could put the pads on him and skates and all that. I was 7, and he was still playing. -- Mike Weir
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
I had just made this album called 'Mind Blow,' a CD-R release on Spirit of Orr. This was in 2003. Quite a few of the songs from 'Was Dead' were actually on that. -- King Tuff
I don't think you ever stopped Bobby Orr. You contained Bobby Orr, but you never stopped him. When we played the Bruins and Bobby had to give up the puck, it was a good play. -- Larry Robinson
I believe Bobby Orr had the greatest impact of any player to come along in my lifetime. He earned his place in hockey history by single handedly changing the game from the style played in my day. In my mind there can be no greater legacy. -- Jean Beliveau
Overall I can fairly safely say Bobby Orr impressed me more than anybody with his tremendous talents. In Bobby's first N.H.L. game he layed the lumber to Gordie's head. Later Howe retalliated and wanted to let the kid know he wasn't washed up yet. -- Gordie Howe
There was only one catch and that was Catch-22. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to. -- Joseph Heller
I love Twitter, and my little corner of it is heavily weighted in favour of women, many of them writers: Caitlin Moran, India Knight, Lauren Laverne, Grace Dent, Deborah Orr, Marina Hyde, Suzanne Moore. I look at that list of names and think, 'Here comes the fun - fun that knows its way around a dictionary.' -- John Niven

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