"If I was to do it all over again, I wouldn't change a thing"
About this Quote
The subtext is where it gets thorny. Hull’s career invites two simultaneous readings: the star who helped define modern hockey stardom, and the public figure whose life included serious controversy. In that light, "I wouldn't change a thing" isn’t just self-affirmation; it’s a refusal to renegotiate the narrative under contemporary scrutiny. It can be heard as a defense mechanism - the simplest way to avoid parsing which parts were triumph and which parts were damage.
Context matters because sports culture has long rewarded the myth of the unbreakable competitor, the guy who never looks back because looking back might reveal softness, doubt, or accountability. Hull’s line taps that tradition, but in today’s climate it also tests the audience: are we meant to admire the steeliness, or bristle at the blank check it writes to the past? Its power comes from that ambiguity. The quote isn’t insight so much as posture - and that posture tells you exactly how he wanted to be remembered.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Hull, Bobby. (2026, January 15). If I was to do it all over again, I wouldn't change a thing. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/if-i-was-to-do-it-all-over-again-i-wouldnt-change-139335/
Chicago Style
Hull, Bobby. "If I was to do it all over again, I wouldn't change a thing." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/if-i-was-to-do-it-all-over-again-i-wouldnt-change-139335/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"If I was to do it all over again, I wouldn't change a thing." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/if-i-was-to-do-it-all-over-again-i-wouldnt-change-139335/. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.





