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It's life, it's hockey. You just can't worry about it.
- Barry Trotz
#About
#Hockey
#Just
#Life
#Worry
The Kings played out of the Memorial Community Centre, an old wooden barn like you'd see in other Prairie towns. It was built after World War II and the Kings were the biggest thing in town. The Memorial was packed for every game - maybe 3,000 when we'd play the Kenora Muskies or other rival towns. It seemed like everyone in town came out to games.
- Barry Trotz
#Community
#Game
#See
#War
#World
When you get everybody going in the right direction you can do some great things, and that's in any business.
- Barry Trotz
#Business
#Direction
#Great Things
#Great
One of the things you look for is leadership, and it comes in different forms. There's vocal leaders, there's quiet leaders, there's leaders that lead by example.
- Barry Trotz
#Lead
#Leadership
#Look
#Quiet
#Things
I became a citizen after 9/11.
- Barry Trotz
#After
#Became
#Citizen
You can't take your foot off the pedal; you've got to get pucks to the next level.
- Barry Trotz
#Get
#Level
#Next
#Take
#Your
You can be a great skater, you can have really good puck skills, but the ability to problem-solve is, to me, key.
- Barry Trotz
#Ability
#Good
#Great
#Key
#Me
One thing I've learned from all my time with Team Canada is that they're very, very prepared so knowing that's part of the DNA of Team Canada, you have to be prepared with whatever area your responsibility belongs to.
- Barry Trotz
#Be Prepared
#DNA
#Responsibility
#Time
There's times I blow my gasket. One thing I learned is I don't hold any grudges.
- Barry Trotz
#Grudges
#Hold
#Learned
#One Thing
#Thing
There's times where I go off the rails like anybody else. For the most part, I try to keep it, 'Hey, this is what we're dealt and this is the situation, so let's make the best of it.' Keep a positive attitude.
- Barry Trotz
#Attitude
#Best
#Positive
#Situation
#Try
You need balance, and if you have dynamic people - I've always tried to assess the talent and say, 'Okay, how can we get better as a group and how can we win hockey games?'
- Barry Trotz
#Balance
#Better
#People
#Talent
#Win
Sometimes you get blinded by results rather than the process.
- Barry Trotz
#Get
#Process
#Rather
#Results
#Sometimes
My father, Orest, worked as a mechanic for the CNR and he got transferred to Dauphin from Winnipeg.
- Barry Trotz
#Father
#Got
#He
#Mechanic
#Transferred
Sometimes, when things aren't coming easy, you've got to fight through that.
- Barry Trotz
#Coming
#Easy
#Fight
#Sometimes
#Through
I think sports is part of the healing process for society.
- Barry Trotz
#Healing
#Process
#Society
#Sports
#Think
Just because you get punched in the nose doesn't mean that you throw in the towel.
- Barry Trotz
#Just Because
#Just
#Mean
#Nose
#Towel
Hopefully my time in Nashville has helped me. We've had a lot of different things happen to our hockey club, seen a lot of different situations and different types of clubs from an expansion team to a Stanley Cup playoff threat. I think any coach that's gone through those things, you become a better coach.
- Barry Trotz
#Better
#Club
#Me
#Things Happen
#Time
Having a wheel mentality is paramount. It gives you time and space.
- Barry Trotz
#Having
#Mentality
#Space
#Time
#Wheel
One of the blessings of Notre Dame is where it's at. It's in the middle of nowhere, but you become part of the community. It's a lifestyle, and it has a code, and that code teaches young men and women responsibility and leadership.
- Barry Trotz
#Leadership
#Men
#Responsibility
#Women
My oldest daughter got married, she had a wedding in Hawaii and a reception in Nashville, and in between I had a Cup date in Dauphin, Manitoba.
- Barry Trotz
#Date
#Daughter
#Reception
#She
#Wedding
Anytime you go to the All-Star Game, you recognize that it's special. It's an experience that you don't want to pass up.
- Barry Trotz
#Experience
#Game
#Go
#Special
#Want
When you surround yourself with some of the best in the business you can only get better.
- Barry Trotz
#Best
#Business
#Only
#Surround Yourself
A new challenge, to me, is really exciting.
- Barry Trotz
#Challenge
#Me
#New Challenge
#New
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