Hockey Quotes · Page 23

For us [hockey] is an opportunity, myself and my brothers have an opportunity to do something special.

— P. K. Subban

That was awesome. I wasn't expecting it and when I got the call I got nervous for a second. But I was…

— Charline Labonte

Some of these guys... I've worked with Ice Cube, I think he's an immensely talented rapper and actor.

— Anthony Anderson

After the hockey stick, Sardara Singh scores with the broom! A great effort by him towards a Swachh Bharat.

— Narendra Modi

I'm quite fair and I need to protect myself with a good ball cap. Any time I can rep the Jays or…

— Tessa Virtue

I think that in all aspects of the game, especially in professional sports but specifically in hockey, we want to grow the…

— P.K. Subban

Probably not. Their depth and our play right now...it doesn't look too good.

— Daniel Alfredsson

He brings something special. I don't know what it is, but if you ask him, you couldn't understand his answer.

— Wayne Gretzky

I was 19 years old, pumping gas and going nowhere. I was kind of a high school dropout at that point because…

— Adam Oates

I don't think anything in my game has regressed in the last couple years. I think I've only gotten better. I keep…

— Jonathan Toews

We can't score goals, we can't stop goals, we aren't hitting, we can't play on special teams... we all stink. We can…

— Ted Leonsis

I had to unlearn cricket to learn hockey. It is easier for someone who is not a sportsperson to pick up hockey.…

— Angad Bedi

If one of my players ever wants to hit me, he better do it really hard because otherwise, I'll find a rock,…

— Pat Burns

The Himalayan glaciers, China's trade surplus, Olympic ice hockey - the world is full of pressing subjects that people never consult me…

— Elif Batuman

I think it's very important for the Chinese people, the Chinese government to build lots of hockey rinks, bring some coaches here…

— Alexander Ovechkin

... I just want to remind the owners and the players: you guys make money because you have a whole bunch of…

— Barack Obama

“For almost a generation, psychologists around the world have been engaged in a spirited debate over a question that most of us…

— Malcolm Gladwell

Representing Canada as a hockey player is always a tremendous honor, which also comes with a lot of responsibility. Being able to…

— Scott Niedermayer

Game in, game out, year in, year out, just a kid cruising the ice looking to cause trouble - a wicked wristshot…

— Ken Dryden

Growing up, I was always the only black kid on my team and (sometimes) I'd get questions from my friends when I'd…

— Jarome Iginla

“The morning skate was a game-day ritual dating back to the seventies, introduced in North America by the Russians, and used as…

— Shawna Richer

“Most animals show themselves sparingly. The grizzly bear is six to eight hundred pounds of smugness. It has no need to hide.…

— Craig Childs

“don’t want to fuck with your head.” he whispers. “I wish I hadn’t ever done that.” But it’s not my head that…

— Sarina Bowen

I went to hockey camp at Michigan because my dad has some relatives in the Ann Arbor area. We went to visit…

— Carl Hagelin

I grew up in the Midwest, so we really didn't have much hockey going on.

— Bill Goldberg

I always look forward to playing in Toronto because it's such a historic city when it comes to hockey.

— Alexander Ovechkin

There's an old saying that when it gets tough the tough get going. You have to work your way through these things.

— Ed Belfour

But a funny thing happened four years later. I was invited to play for an alumni team against the Red Wings.

— Ted Lindsay

It was either football or hockey. I chose football, and I think it's worked out OK so far.

— Davis Webb

So here I am running at guys who aren't taller than 5-foot-8, and I'm the one who tears up his knee.

— Chris Chelios

There are some passionate fan bases in the NHL and Canada is a different level.

— Johnny Gaudreau

The Ice Storm, because of the movie, has had, or is to have, a vigorous life in other cultures.

— Rick Moody

I've slept through a mild earthquake in Italy. And also a very tight hockey game where people were screaming their heads off.

— Carl Kasell

I go by the rule of Gretzky: you gotta be there before the puck gets there, or you're going to get beat.

— Scott Borchetta

But once I left home to play hockey, it was a commitment to be the best I could be and try to…

— Jarome Iginla

I believe that the Greater Phoenix Area is a terrific sports market; it's a terrific hockey market.

— Gary Bettman

The guillotine has to fall somewhere when the team under-produces, and more times than not it's fallen on me.

— Dustin Penner

I would be surprised if there weren't some owners who didn't want to get a deal done right now and get back…

— Luke Richardson

People would say, 'Girls don't play hockey. Girls don't skate.' I would say, 'Watch this.'

— Hayley Wickenheiser

My hope, it's not only my hope, but all of the NHL hopes to raise hockey in China because it's a good…

— Alexander Ovechkin