Ron Francis famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

As a kid growing up in the little city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, I dreamed of one day playing in the NHL, but never did I expect it to be as much fun as it turned out to be.
-- Ron Francis

#Growing Up #Fun #Kids
You know there are so many people that have touched your life both on the ice and within your career in the NHL whether it be owners, GMs, coaches, players, trainers, all the way down. And that doesn't even account for all of the people that you encountered outside of the game that you met along this trip, too.
-- Ron Francis

#Player #Nhl #Ice
I think any time you play your first NHL game, you remember that.
-- Ron Francis

#Thinking #Nhl #Games
I played my age. Not bad.
-- Ron Francis

#Hockey #Nhl #Age
It was a fun ride. I've enjoyed my time on the ice and I've enjoyed more and more people getting interested in the game of hockey.
-- Ron Francis

#Fun #Hockey #Ice
I think you always hope you can play forever, but you always realize that time will come... I was fortunate I was able to make a decision, move on and do it comfortably.
-- Ron Francis

#Moving #Thinking #Play
I always said put me in front of 40 or 50,000 people and play hockey, I'm comfortable there. Put me in front of 50 people to talk or get in front of, and that's where I'm probably the least comfortable.
-- Ron Francis

#Hockey #Play #People
Every goal is a highlight film.
-- Ron Francis

#Nhl #Goal #Film

I don't want to analyze myself or anything, but I think, in fact I know this to be true, that I enter the world through what I write. I grew up believing, and continue to believe, that I am a screw-up, that growing up with my family and friends, I had nothing to offer in any conversation. But when I started writing, suddenly there was something that I brought to the party that was at a high-enough level.
Now it is the blood of Jesus which saves, and it is the same blood which cleanses and sanctifies; and as we had to come lo Jesus to be plunged into the fountain, so we have to abide in Jesus by fellowship, to grow up into Christlikeness.
My dad was so much fun growing up.
Growing up as a kid my father was British and a soccer player. His idol was a guy that passed the ball a lot, Stanley Matthews. Our family thought if you could be unselfish your teammates would always like you.
The science of booby-trapping has taken a good deal of the fun out of following hot on the enemy's heels.
Surprise keeps the reader awake. The only alternative is to continue saying what the reader is expecting. What fun is that?
Now I've even gotten to running out to the fan buses that pass by our house, so I can talk to the people. I think I'm trying to gather fans, frankly. They're very, very nice people - they really understand. It's fun talking to them.
Kids are dying from causes of sexual activity. You're not going to find a tombstone stating that Frankie died because he was a virgin.
If you want to go to the mall, you have to take security. But it's always cool. The kids are amazing.
As a kid, I was always into art at the same time as computers, and eventually I realised I was making more interesting stuff with my keyboard than with my hands. I really enjoyed modifying computer games more than playing them, so that got me into programming.

Ron Francis famous quotes

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