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Originally Posted by Wadubbin
To say that Mario was lazy and never worked out is dumb.The dude couldn't even bend over to lace his skates up.That's how bad his back was hurt.Yet he went out and performed day in and day out at a world class level.Not to mention his battle with Hodgkins.He missed a lot of games due to all his injuries.I still don't think he would have caught Gretzky,but he would have come damn close.And I say that as a Pens homer.I would have loved to have seen him play at least 75% of the games he missed,but unfortunately he didn't...
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Why do you think his back got that way ??
Early in his career he was well known as a player that never worked out at anytime , even when he was in junior , he would just show up and play , the grind of not coming to camp in shape just caught up to him ..
His battle with Hodgkin's is well documented , nothing short of remarkable , if he had used that kind of determination to get in the best shape he could before the season started instead of just trying to play himself in shape he would not have had all the back problems he had .
How do I know about back problems ? I have had my back broke twice , once while playing the game !!!!!!