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“Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to.”
Joseph Heller
“I knew (Orr was fast). But I didn't know he was that fast.”
Lloyd Alexander
“[Orr has only seven catches overall but they've been timely, according to Mason, which goes along with his blocking.] He had a 7-yard catch the other day at North Carolina, ... that was as good of a catch as you'll see in tight quarters.”
Henry Mason
“I laid a good clean hit on Orr. It was one of my teammates who came in late.”
Jerry Fishman
“Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them.”
“I did an awful lot of Bobby Orr. He won just about every trophy possible. He was only a kid when he started playing with the Boston Bruins. His name on the shields when he started was Robert Orr. Five years later, all his trophies were brought back to have the name changed. I removed the old shields and replaced them with new ones which said, Bobby Orr. How fame changes your name.”
Ernie Phillips
“As an impact player, he's up there with the top four, five guys I ever played against, even Bobby Orr.”
Denis Potvin
