Top 104 Quotes & Sayings by Barry Trotz

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Canadian coach Barry Trotz.

Last updated on November 22, 2024.

Barry Trotz is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach who most recently was head coach of the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is also the former head coach of the Nashville Predators and the Washington Capitals. As an NHL coach, he is third all-time in wins, only behind Scotty Bowman and Joel Quenneville. He is often referred to by fans and players as "Trotzy" or the "Eggman".

Canadian - Coach | Born: July 15, 1962

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I love superstars.

Barry Trotz

One of the things I think you're always conscious of is we're in the winning business.

Barry Trotz

The team that can be consistent - for the most part all year - is going to be the team that is going to get into the playoffs.

Barry Trotz

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

Bobby Orr, I thought he was the greatest player of all time because he was so far ahead of the competition in his prime.

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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

I have a list of stuff I need to do during the day. I try to do a couple of hours of professional stuff, be it hockey stuff I haven't gotten to the last little while, husband stuff, everything to repairing stuff around the house that I neglected around the winter.

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I've had the opportunity to have different style teams with similar identities but opposite identities in some ways.

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The great thing about the Island is you've got room. You can go for a bike ride. We're 20 minutes to a beach, and you can get on the beach and go for a long walk.

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My wife usually gives me a project... I like going to work because I can be the boss for once.

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I became a citizen after 9/11.

Barry Trotz

I'd love to go in the foxhole with guys who will stick their neck out and say, 'I'm going to deliver for you.'

Barry Trotz

There are a couple things that I could be doing, maybe owning a coffee shop or work in construction, building houses back in Nashville or British Columbia. I've also thought about being a property owner which would give me income and allow me to fix and maintain those properties to keep me busy.

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Use your assets in the right areas. Commit to outside speed. Don't always go into the junk pile in the middle of the ice when there are eight guys there.

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I think sports is part of the healing process for society.

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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

You're not going to go to battle with someone you don't know. It doesn't matter what walk of life it is, whether it's business or in war.

Barry Trotz

If you're going to be a championship-caliber team or a threat to be a championship-caliber team you have to play a 200-foot game and you have to produce on both ends of the ice.

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I have that look like I'm going to tear your head off. As a younger guy, I think I had that look even more and had a reputation for being in your face a lot, but as I've gotten older I think I've filtered some of that out.

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There's a tension in Washington that was undeniable. I could write my name in the air there.

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You make mental notes. You're a coach, so you make mental notes from matchups, to who steps up in the playoffs to who doesn't, different types of players.

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A lot of teams get a lot of offense off the rush.

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When you surround yourself with some of the best in the business you can only get better.

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You can't take your foot off the pedal; you've got to get pucks to the next level.

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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.

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A new challenge, to me, is really exciting.

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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.

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You cannot be a one-trick pony all the time. You have to grow your game.

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If you get goaltending above the curve, you have an immense advantage.

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A nontraditional hockey market is turning into more of a traditional market. We're now a fabric of Nashville.

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The big element I think that I bring is that I am a veteran coach.

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Just because you get punched in the nose doesn't mean that you throw in the towel.

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In today's sport, coaches are in a partnership with their top players.

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Every day, I do hockey-related stuff all morning.

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It's good to be wanted.

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I have one of those faces that you're not going to forget. Kids are scared of me.

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Obviously my former place in Washington, you got stars like Alex Ovechkin. Those are great challenges because you're looking at a player who does something very unique and trying to grow him in areas.

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My son and I ride a tandem bike. We turn the music on and just enjoy riding through our neighborhood.

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I'm a big believer that if you can have success in the playoffs, when it means the most and when the game is at its highest pace, it always carries into the next year and it gives a player confidence.

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The thing that got me to change was when my kids would come and tell me I was swearing on TV, so I knew I wanted to make a change.

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My father, Orest, worked as a mechanic for the CNR and he got transferred to Dauphin from Winnipeg.

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Joining the Islander family and living on the Island has been special.

Barry Trotz

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.

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Sometimes you get blinded by results rather than the process.

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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.

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I've been watching the growth of Auston Matthews, for instance. If he were playing 20 years ago, we'd be saying he's Mario Lemieux-like. He's 6-foot-5. He skates great. He's got unbelievable hands and a hockey IQ.

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Part of the greatness of being on the Island is it's a smaller community; all of the players live within a couple miles of each other. It really promotes that family sort of atmosphere without being engulfed by the big city.

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Every player is wired differently. Some players you know exactly where they're headed, where they're going and what they're thinking. There are other guys wired differently. It allowed me to understand the personality of Alexander Ovechkin.

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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.

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Four has been my lucky number. I have four kids; it has been a really good number for me.

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When you sign up for Team Canada, we look for the best way to do things, plain and simple.

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Injuries happen every season. We can't rely on that being a crutch. It's up to all of us to do our best to fill those voids as coaches and players.

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Every year, you need a couple of weeks to energize as a coach and get back at it.

Barry Trotz

Goaltending can steal you a series.

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Goal scorers are always sniffing things out, but once they realize 'hey, if I don't have the puck I can't score,' then you have to be a part of the solution so you can get it back so you can score.

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Having a wheel mentality is paramount. It gives you time and space.

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That's what they hired me to do in Washington, change a little bit of the culture, try to win a Stanley Cup.

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There's going to be a point in time when I can go to a NHL game in Nashville with my grandkids. That's really special.

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Cheer the players. They are ones getting it done. They are ones blocking shots, making saves and scoring goals.

Barry Trotz

Even when I eat, I'll eat my salad first and sort of work around the plate.

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