Gary Roberts
Gary Roberts
Gary R. Robertsis a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 21 seasons in the National Hockey Leaguefor the Calgary Flames, Carolina Hurricanes, Toronto Maple Leafs, Florida Panthers, Pittsburgh Penguins and Tampa Bay Lightning. Renowned for his physical fitness during his career, Roberts has become a high performance trainer for players at all levels of the sport...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth23 May 1966
CityToronto, Canada
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In some ways, the state might be better off without the Saints. They are expensive, and the building remains a magnet for bringing people and events into the city.
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Nearly all our blokes are locals, but a lot of them work out of town during the week,
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fiddling around right now to try and find a reason why I keep injuring my left groin.
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Everyone knows New Orleans was a marginal major league market. More and more, the NFL has come to rely on corporate dollars and New Orleans doesn't have a very large corporate base.
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The most important part of your trade is your skates, ... If you're skates don't feel good then you're in absolute trouble.
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I think the smartest thing they've done is invest in youth speedway. They run the youth races every week. They've helped the kids, encouraged the kids and they've made a big deal out of it. Now there's about a dozen Division I riders that have gone through that youth program.
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It's something I'm not used to, for sure, it's a different feeling. There's no doubt it's been tough. Hopefully next year when we're fighting for a better position in the standings, we'll think about how we felt the last few weeks and that will encourage us to be a little better.
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There were three world champions during the 1990s that came from America. The U.S. riders do very well in Europe and there's probably as many followers of Fast Fridays outside of this country than there are in this country.
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It has definitely been longer than I thought it would be. But I've got to make sure I come back for a long time and not one or two games.
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Not a big screamer, spoke when he knew he needed to. It's one of those things where when you're heard too often, people stop listening.
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He definitely sparked the team. That's why (fighting) still needs to be part of the game.
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I've got a lot of good buddies (with the Leafs) and they treated me really well, so I've got nothing bad to say about the (Toronto) organization. I really enjoyed my time, it was a special place to play. I'm sorry that I'm not there, but we're real excited about the new challenge here.
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If everybody buys into the system and is disciplined, then that's going to give us much more chance of winning some hockey games.
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Joe did a great job getting position in front of the net. I threw it in front and he's got pretty good hands, so he was able to deflect it in.