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Originally Posted by Toonage
That wasn't Bob's phrase that was the marketing slogan for the year.
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Duhat column , Globe and Mail...
"The best way to build something, and to hope for success, is with honesty. If it doesn't start with hard work, I don't know. I never went to school, so I only know about hard work. Hard work creates standards.
"Last year, we said, 'earned, never given' – then Brad came in and he added 'always earned, never given.' When I sat with him the first time, it was great, because we talked about philosophies and it seemed as if we'd already worked three or four years together. He supports me because those are his own beliefs – and looking at his background, nobody gave him anything either."
Hartley is the original self-made man. He came to be an NHL coach through a long, circuitous path – working in the mills of his Hawkesbury, Ont., hometown and moonlighting as the coach of the local tier-two junior team.