{"id":1986,"date":"2011-06-06T11:51:34","date_gmt":"2011-06-06T15:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=1986"},"modified":"2011-06-06T11:51:34","modified_gmt":"2011-06-06T15:51:34","slug":"our-cherry-bombs-were-popular","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=1986","title":{"rendered":"Our &#8220;Cherry Bombs&#8221; were popular"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2e9374f5421d8ffd536fd48bdab4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1988\" title=\"2e9374f5421d8ffd536fd48bdab4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2e9374f5421d8ffd536fd48bdab4-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>In a series of tweets last week, the <em>By George Journal <\/em>highlighted the colourful life of sports commentator Don Cherry. Taken largely from the <em>Toronto Star<\/em> news expose <em>&#8220;The wonderful, unlivable life of Don Cherry&#8221;<\/em> written by Vinay Menon, we offered many quotes and tidbits of information about the man who has become a Canadian icon.<\/p>\n<p>Our Don Cherry Twitter series and our previous blog article, posted on the eve of the Stanley Cup finals, got <em>By George Journal <\/em>featured in <em>The Fan Zoo Hockey Daily <\/em>last week.<\/p>\n<p>Here are those quotes and facts, first issued on the ByGeorgeJournal Twitter channel:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/ByGeorgeJournal\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/ByGeorgeJournal<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cI mean everything I say.\u201d &#8211; #DonCherry<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThey (CBC) really did not like me. But I think I became so popular they had no choice.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cTelevision is a jungle\u2026 is a tough business\u2026 Everybody hopes you fail.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cI\u2019m a construction worker. I\u2019m not a performer.\u201d ~\u00a0on his approach to TV broadcast<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u201cOnce you start thinking you&#8217;re a big star &amp; stuff like that, then u lose something.\u201d\u00a0~ on his approach to TV<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBetter suits.\u201d ~\u00a0on the only change since becoming a celebrity sports commentator<\/li>\n<li>\u201cCherry occupies a rarefied place in the pantheon of Canadian celebrity.\u201d \u2013 TorStar reporter Vinay Menon<\/li>\n<li>\u201cIt really toughens you. Nothing can hurt you after that.\u201d &#8211; #DonCherry on 16 yrs in minor #hockey<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u201cI grew up with a lot of Scots and Irish who were construction workers. I picked up a lot of their expressions.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cI honest to God still think of myself as a 32-year-old hockey player who worked on construction in the summer.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>#DonCherry priorities: \u201cAs long as I can get home at night and have my three or four beers and my steamer (sauna).\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Dghtr Cindy on her Father: \u201cI haven\u2019t seen him change 1 iota. Sometimes people mellow w age, but that doesn\u2019t apply to D.C.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>The great Bobby Orr on #DonCherry: \u201c\u201cHe\u2019s the most consistent man I know.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Brian Williams on #DonCherry: \u201cDon is about integrity &amp; values. He believes if u do something, u do it for the proper reasons&#8230;\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Believe it? #DonCherry reads books on Lawrence of Arabia, Sir Francis Drake, Lord Nelson &amp; writings of Horatio Alger &amp; Miguel de Cervantes.<\/li>\n<li>Ron MacLean: #DonCherry \u201cis an essayist who is trying to combine a little bit of journalism, a little bit of philosophy &amp; theology.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Ron MacLean: #DonCherry \u201cis trying to convince the world of the need for honour&#8230;.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;&#8230;in our world, it\u2019s very easy 2 be isolated from a deeper conversation about those kinds of lessons.\u201d MacLean on #DonCherry<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe game has lost a lot of honour. There\u2019s no doubt they skate faster and they\u2019re bigger&#8230;\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201c&#8230;but they don\u2019t respect one another like they used to and I don\u2019t think the intensity is there.\u201d &#8211; #DonCherry #quotes #hockey #hnic #nhl<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Join us on Twitter for topical information and bons mots:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/ByGeorgeJournal\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/ByGeorgeJournal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a series of tweets last week, the By George Journal highlighted the colourful life of sports commentator Don Cherry. 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