A former Bruins Legend is to thank for the person Brad Marchand has become
Lately Brad Marchand has been in the news for a lot of positive reasons and he's grown on a lot of hockey fans who previously took issue with the forwards behavior. Last week Brad Marchand was seen in an amazing phone video where he grabbed a fans' phone and recorded a message for the fan.
NHL.com had the opportunity to speak to Marchand about the video and here's what he had to say.
"I was coming off the ice and we always give fist bumps to the kids coming off, at times stop to sign some stuff," Marchand said. "A kid had a phone hanging over the glass, so I took it, just joking around."
Marchand had noticed the video on the device was already recording and he decided he'd have some phone.
"When you're at the game, you're getting prepared to do the job," Marchand said. "But I remember being a kid [and] the Bruins and I think it was Tampa played in Halifax and I remember hanging over the walkway and how amazing it was to see the players and have them interact.
"It's always good to do, the kids remember that and enjoy it. So, I thought it would be a great little keepsake."
So who was it that enforced this kind of amazing behavior in the Bruins star? Well it is a Hall of Famer and Bruins' legend that took Marchand aside when he was just 19 and gave him some amazing advice. That legend, was none other than Ray Bourque
"I'll never forget what he said to me -- I've come back to it a lot," Marchand said. "It's very easy to forget where you're at, forget how fortunate we are, how lucky we are to be in the position we're in to be living our dreams and living other people's dreams. You kind of take it for granted at times.
"He said every kid that wants an autograph, every kid that approaches you or wants to talk to you, just remember to enjoy it, don't take it for granted. Enjoy those moments because when you retire, nobody cares anymore. Nobody cares about what you've done or who you are. You're not relevant, essentially, it's always the new players that are in the League, the superstars that are in the League at that point that they care about. People forget pretty quick."
"I think it just keeps you grounded, keeps you humble, and makes you understand how fortunate, again, that we are," Marchand said. "That's coming from one of the best players to have ever played the game. When he's talking like that, it hits home. So I thought that was good advice to learn at a young age."
The player and person Brad Marchand has become is such an amazing story and is likely something he's passing down to the players of tomorrow, because making the league a better place is a responsibility of every single player.
Source: NHL
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