W. Hull
W. Hull
felt tough
We felt like we had to come out strong. This is a tough place to play.
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To play in the National Hockey League as a red blooded American kid... a Canadian kid, we all dreamed about it and I made a boyhood dream come true.
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When I left, I got on the bus to go to Tokyo with Chris Chelios and Gary Suter and some of the guys, we were kind of sour because of what we heard had happened. I want to go and make it better and rebuild a great thing, which is USA hockey.
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He really didn't get serious until the eighth grade. I was afraid of some burnout. I'm so involved in it. I wanted him to do it because he wanted to.
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He loves to watch you put the puck in the net. I never asked him why he didn't want to score more himself; I was afraid he would change his mind.
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It's a combination of new service hours and taking existing hours that aren't very productive and moving them into services that are more productive.
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Alan White and I have not as yet written anything on VAR but we have done a number of consulting projects in this area and expect to do more.
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Sir, the object of the Flagg, which crossed the River, was to propose a cessation of hostilities for one hour for the purpose of entering into a negotiation for the surrender of Detroit.
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Never insult an alligator until you've crossed the river.
realized
I just realized I can't be Brett Hull at 30 or 25, ... I was Brett Hull at 41.
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I'm dyslexic when it comes to reading putts, too. I hit more putts that I think are going right and they go left-it's unbelievable.
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They formed the WHA in 1972 because they thought certain areas in the U.S. and Canada were being neglected by professional hockey.
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I genuinely was aware of what was happening and enjoyed looking at the people I won it with and how they enjoyed it. Before, I was just so excited that I won it that I didn't get to really enjoy the experience.
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That may be the greatest lesson we learned on September 11. So much of what we took for granted was shattered that day. But how quickly we woke up.