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Pat Burns [1952-0] Canadian

Rank: 103
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Patrick John Joseph Burns was a National Hockey League head coach. Over 14 seasons between 1988 and 2004, he coached in 1,019 games with the Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins, and New Jersey Devils.

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I got hit with an octopus in Detroit one time. It was the most gross thing I've ever had happen. I got it right in the back of the neck; all the juice was coming down. It was awful.		101
As for my career, I always said to my kids, 'you don't cry because it's over, you're happy because it happened.'		102
Coaching the Bruins is like going bear hunting with a butter knife.		103
Coming to another hockey Mecca like Toronto makes you a better coach. I want to have fun again. I want to make it fun for everybody, and it's fun when you win.		104
If one of my players ever wants to hit me, he better do it really hard because otherwise, I'll find a rock, a stick, or a piece of wood - and believe me, it's gonna be a brawl.		105
I know my life is nearing its end and I accept that.		106
Toronto was a great place to work, a fun place to work. People were so hockey-oriented, hockey-minded, without being too critical. In Montreal, they got downright nasty sometimes.		107
I'm not an overly happy person. There are times when I'm happy, and that's usually in my private life.		108
I believe in Wendel Clark. We want Wendel to be a prime-time player.		109
Excuse my voice - I don't have the thundering voice I used to have to get players going on the ice anymore.		110
The kids get cheated out of a lot of times with their dad. They were good about it.		111
They're trying to kill me before I'm dead. I come to Quebec to spend some time with my family and they say I'm dead.		112

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