“I think for kids it's the most important part of the game. You have to be able to skate forward and backward, stop and start, go from side to side. Those are the basics of the game.”

—  Bobby Hull

Quoted in Andrew Podnieks, &quot;One on One with Bobby Hull,&quot; http://www.legendsofhockey.net/html/spot_oneononep198302.htm Legends of Hockey.net (2001-12-11) <br class="br">Hull comments on his belief that the most fundamental aspect of ice hockey is skating.

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