Larry Robinson Quotations

What makes him the player that he is, ... is also a detriment too.

We knew they were going to come at us strong. We just wanted to keep it really simple and get the puck in deep, but we turned the puck over on a couple of occasions and the next thing you know, bang it's in the net.

The reality is that we have eight new guys in our lineup. We have to get them on the same page as everyone else.

We're just trying to get better. We're still in the hunt. As bad as everybody is saying we're playing and everything else, we're right there.

I don't even know if I'm doing that or Lou's doing that.

I'd like to get at least two or three hours sleep.

Basically, I told them that we started playing their game a little bit - you take a turn scoring and I'll take a turn scoring. You don't win games like that.

I felt I was being out of character.

He's done that before. The first indication was that he was through for the game. We made our line switches but the next thing you know, there he was.

We have to address the fact that the season is slipping by and we can't slip any further.

Guys were skating and moving the puck. I was happy with the pace.

I thought defensively we were in much better position. We're a little fragile in our own zone sometimes and guys will get running around a little bit. I thought our positioning was much better.

I thought our positioning was good and that we were able to keep their players in front of us. When you're chasing, that's usually when you get penalties.

Over the past week-and-a-half, we haven't been successful and I started to make mistakes on the bench.

I wasn't overly surprised, ... We hadn't heard too much what was going on. I figured if he was going to be playing he would have been out on the ice (at South Mountain last week).

I would like to see some of their guys stand around, under the old rules, where they stand now in front of the net,

We just can't keep turning the puck over and expect to win. We're not moving the puck and we're just not putting the puck in the right place. We had too many turnovers.

You always have a comfortable feeling when you have Marty in the net,

We need to work toward changing what defines 'cool'. If we accepted kids more for who they are then they would be better at deciding what 'cool' actually is.

We'll have to wake up and smell the coffee sooner or later,

I see the fairness of it, all the way through.

The same people are taking the penalties all the time. They just have to learn they can't do those things.

I've worked with Barney through the years, first as police chief and now as city manager. He's not only a skilled coach, but he cares about youth and putting them on the right path.

That's where we have to get back to and that's where we have to stay,

You might be able to catch somebody, but if you don't have any mobility you're going to stick out like a sore thumb. That's kind of why I like this defense. Everybody can skate.

This is not malicious. Maybe it's selfish on my part. I still think I can coach, I just think that at this stage of my life ... nothing is worth being sick over.

They had tons of chances. Marty made some stops that I don't even know how he made them, and that's why he's the best,

They're playing terrific. Whatever he's doing, it's working.

There seemed to be a little bit more life, a little more enthusiasm. Guys were probably a lot more focused when we got on the ice.

It's just a matter of time before he gets hurt, if we keep giving up chances where he has to stand on his head all the time like that. Something's going to happen.

It's the strangest team I've ever been around. They're a different group. A leader would probably help. Most great teams have somebody that will step forward. We have a bunch of guys and not one particular guy to come forward and step in front if things get out of hand.

It's one of those plays. Talented players are going to try to make moves like that where they try to put it between a guy's feet. When things are going well and everything's going your way, those get through and you don't even think about it at the end of the game. The guy (Horton) didn't take very long to get that (shot) off, either.

It's funny. I think the game has changed in that in the old days guys used to hang around a lot more together because everybody pretty well had similar interests. Today there's different cultures and different personalities. Now, not everybody does the same thing. When you do get occasions such as this, it's always nice to get out with your teammates. You find out a lot about each other when you're just sitting around, whether it's lunch or having a soda or whatever.

Even yesterday I didn't know what I wanted to do. I called my wife in the morning ... I couldn't talk to her on the phone.

Not the same way as a Scotty did, but we certainly have guys who can play physical. I don't know how much now you're going to be able to do that kind of stuff.

Talking to Scotty (Stevens), he has kids and he enjoyed taking his son Ryan to football practice. I could hear it in his voice. I know that Ron Francis has a huge estate in Carolina and he loves it. Those guys never had a chance to take a year off before and they got used to it.

It seemed that it was either 10 years or 40 years or life. It was one of those. That seemed to be the consensus of it.

They have to get more protection for the goalies, ... All they did was run Marty all night.

I'm not worried, but concerned, ... with the way we're playing and the effort that I'm getting.

I don't know how confident and cool he is, but I know how confident and cool I am when I see him on the ice.

I'd rather not discuss what I would have done. I don't think that's relevant.... Obviously the jury felt it was appropriate based on the evidence as it was laid out. I hope we did okay.

For the most part, we did a lot of really good things. The only thing I didn't like was when we got up we started to not do the things we were doing for the first part of the game that gave us the success.

Oh, yes, I love sleepless nights.

Maybe one of the qualities of being a great coach is being [a jerk]. There are quite a few of them around.

I don't think you ever stopped Bobby Orr. You contained Bobby Orr, but you never stopped him. When we played the Bruins and Bobby had to give up the puck, it was a good play.

The last game was the old Alex Mogilny.