A biography for Guy Lafleurhasn’t been written yet.
“Play every game as if it is your last one.”
“The players wanted more money, higher salary caps and they didn't have that family relationship we felt with the players. Mentally, the players were more businesslike.”
“I went out almost every night with the guys on the team between 1975 and 1981. We were winning in those years. It was fun.”
“You can't replace a guy like Jean Beliveau.”
“The day you hear someone call me captain will be the day I buy a boat.”
“A lot of the players are not involved with any NHL team, so to play and travel around with the Oldtimers' it's a kind of gift that the players really appreciate.”
“My night is over only when there are no more photos to take and nothing left to sign.”
“When you win in Montreal, it's the best place in the world to play hockey.”
“Being drafted by the Montreal Canadiens, that was the greatest moment in my career. And stealing the Stanley Cup in 1978 and bringing it back to my hometown of Thurso.”
“I was lucky enough to have a hockey career in the NHL.”
“The only time I'm relaxing is when I have the puck and controlling the puck. If I don't have it, I'm getting anxious, and I want to have it.”
“I think it was always there and it was maybe a matter of bringing it out. It was harder than I thought it would be and I had to try harder. I had to regain my confidence, maybe the most important thing. I have learned a lot to relax. I know what I can do now, and I do it.”
“I love the game. I want to see creativity. I want to see great goals. I want 'Wow!'”
“I would like to write my biography sometime. I love to write. I could write for weeks and weeks, maybe say nothing but just for the writing.”
“When I was on the ice, I felt like a free man. With flying, it's the same thing. When I'm flying by myself on an afternoon, I feel free.”
“Most of life is sad.”
“People say that I must get bothered when someone stops me for an autograph or a photo. I'll get bothered when no one asks me. Being asked means people haven't forgotten the time I played.”
“I was a right-winger, but I was all over the ice.”
“That's why I made a comeback in 1988. I knew there were chances of not making it, but I didn't want to end up at sixty years old and say I should have tried when I was thirty-eight.”
“I was not the best student. Thank God I had a lot of hockey talent.”