Hockey Quotes · Page 25

We're right next to Mile High Stadium. I'm no rocket scientist, but...uh...(smile).

— Brian Skrudland

What's the difference between a hockey mom and a mass turkey-murdering machine? Looks like about 15 feet.

— Keith Olbermann

All time faves would be 'Smash TV,' 'NHL Hockey,' 'Grand Theft Autos,' 'NBA Lives,' 'Sonic.'

— Mike Patton

In the summer, I would play street hockey every day with my cousins and my brothers. And in the winter we'd play…

— Joe Thornton

I don't just want to be a drag-flicker. I want to be become a complete hockey player.

— Sandeep Singh

At the end of each year I make a list of my mistakes and it's pretty friggin long.

— Dean Lombardi

I hated everybody I played against, and they hated me. That's the way hockey should be played.

— Ted Lindsay

How's the game changed in my 15 years in the league? Well, we used to be called hard-working players. Now we're overpaid crybabies.

— Brett Hull

I give a speech to the black freshmen at Harvard each year, and I say, 'You can like Mozart and ice hockey...'…

— Henry Louis Gates

If there can be films about why hockey (and not just cricket) is cool, there can be a film or two about…

— Abhijit Banerjee

In terms of soccer, it wasn't really a thing that girls did. In England it more kind of Net Ball and Hockey…

— Parminder Nagra

I follow basketball. That was always one of my passions and enjoyed watching it. I appreciate how athletically gifted those guys are.…

— Joey Votto

I helped put in a rink in Cadillac, Michigan, when my wife was very healthy. She helped them put it in and…

— Gordie Howe

“And yet the passive scheme he had his team play frustrated opponents so much, the Philadelphia Flyers actually just held the puck…

— Greg Wyshynski

“Our mouths fit together so perfectly. Every time we kiss, I fall even more in love with him, and it has nothing…

— Sarina Bowen

My brother Barry was into all sports, and so was my late father. For me, hockey was the one sport I loved…

— Adam F. Goldberg

I'm a little bit superstitious, and I think that just comes from playing hockey. I won't avoid the number thirteen. A big…

— James Badge Dale

In nineteen minutes, you can mow the front lawn; color your hair; watch a third of a hockey game. In nineteen minutes,…

— Jodi Picoult

As the Olympic torch neared Lake Placid, N.Y., in 1980, signaling the opening of that year's Winter Olympics, newspapers and magazines throughout…

— Don Yaeger

Growing up, I ate, slept and breathed hockey. I got home from school, I shot pucks, played outdoor hockey, road hockey, go…

— Chris Pronger

Our job is to get on the road and win one game now. It's a great position to be in. We were…

— Martin Brodeur

I accepted Christ at a young age, at the age of six years old, and just tried to play hockey and balance…

— Mike Fisher

“The towns and the players are all different. But the game is always the same, its speed and power. Hockey’s grace and…

— Richard Wagamese

If we're going to change the game it has to start at eight, nine and 10 years old. When we were that…

— Wayne Gretzky

Sports are my passion and I really enjoy connecting with others who share my love of the game

— Tessa Bonhomme

For the Flames and Edmonton, it's a great rivalry. The province gets pretty crazy and excited for those games.

— Johnny Gaudreau

“were barely more than toddlers. The game was broadcast on Canadian national television. Up and down”

— Malcolm Gladwell

Guys, I don't want to tell you half-truths, unless they're completely accurate.

— Alain Vigneault

Orr is the greatest young hockey player that's come along since I've been here.

— Bobby Hull

You look at the guys coming out of these southwestern markets, people don't expect they have hockey or produce good players.

— Auston Matthews

It's only 60,000. It's not a big town. It's a big hockey town. Everybody plays hockey when you grow up.

— Peter Forsberg

I actually had a Bobby Orr action figure. You could put the pads on him and skates and all that. I was…

— Mike Weir

Just to have friends away from the rink and talk about things unrelated to hockey is awesome.

— T. J. Oshie

Goaltending is to hockey like putting is to golf. It really has no relationship to the rest of the game.

— Harry Sinden

Play with passion and heart. If you don't carry passion into sport - or into any job for that matter - you…

— Phil Esposito

Wrapping Christmas presents is tough. Even peeling a Mandarin orange is tough. I have to get my kids to help me.

— Brendan Morrison

Life is like a hockey game. The more shots you take, the better chance you have of making that special goal.

— Anonymous

Street hockey is great for kids. It's energetic, competitive, and skilful. And best of all, it keeps them off the street.

— Gus Kyle

The thing about hockey for me is I'm really competitive and I like to have fun.

— Martin Brodeur

A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.

— Wayne Gretzky