Fred Shero Quotes

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Success requires no explanations, failure presents no alibis.

Fred Shero
We're in a weird position. All year long people keep telling us that we're bad for hockey, bad for the NHL, bad for Canada because we're too rough. Now we're supposed to save the game for the NHL, for Canada, for everyone. Hah! For the first time we're the good guys.

Fred Shero
To avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.

Fred Shero
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. For your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Fred Shero
If you keep your opposition on their ass, they don't score goals.

Fred Shero
I think hockey is a game, a child's game, played by men and to play it effectively you must have fun just like children do. I've been with too many teams in sports through the years where you weren't allowed to open your mouth, you weren't allowed to laugh, you weren't allowed to question the coach or anyone in authority … You lived in fear. My players don't live in fear. They get up in the morning, they're happy and they go to bed, they're happy. And that's the type of person I am.

Fred Shero
We know that hockey is where we live, where we can best meet and overcome pain and wrong and death. Life is just a place where we spend time between games.

Fred Shero
A man with a dream of pleasure can go forth and conquer a crowd and three. With a new song's measure can trample a kingdom down.

Fred Shero
I swear I have never told a player to attack another player. In fact, I have told my players if they ever hear me saying something like this, they can break a stick over my skull. I ask only that they play aggressively.

Fred Shero
I don't live in the fast lane I live on the off ramp.

Fred Shero
When you have bacon and eggs for breakfast, the chicken makes a contribution, the pig makes a commitment.

Fred Shero
Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must first set yourself on fire.

Fred Shero