Hockey Quotes · Page 32

The hockey lockout of 1994 - 1995 has been settled. They have stopped bickering... and can now get down to some serious bloodshed!

— Conan O'Brien

Every Hockey Canada event, the first day you just do a thousand interviews. You get used to it.

— Connor McDavid

My rooting interest these days is first and foremost competitive hockey, and secondly in officials not making a mistake.

— Gary Bettman

I've always just tried to stick with what works, and sometimes you go through funks - not only in just hockey but…

— Carey Price

Over the years, Steve has come to understand I need the clicker. He says it's my security blanket.

— Brendan Shanahan

The beauty of hockey players is that they make everyone feel included and make everyone feel a part of it.

— Connor McDavid

I'm a dad first and foremost, then it goes hockey and then work, in that order.

— Will Arnett

How would you like a job where, if you made a mistake, a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo?

— Jacques Plante

I started as a fourth-line fighter, went to being a third-line centre, then a second-line winger and a first-line centre. I've played…

— Mark Messier

The worst part about the job is the travel, which takes you away from family and friends and important dates and hockey…

— Joe Bowen

I don't think you ever stopped Bobby Orr. You contained Bobby Orr, but you never stopped him. When we played the Bruins…

— Larry Robinson

I always played hockey, I was always a hockey fan, but I was never bitten by the hockey bug... I never looked…

— Chris Jericho

I consider the Detroit Red Wings one of the greatest franchises in any sport. For a player to come in and play,…

— Steve Yzerman

I don't want to get into being too hockey centered, but I just felt like the late 70's and 80's into the…

— Gabe Polsky

When you take off that sweater, your jersey, after today's game, you will be the last player in the NHL to ever…

— Gary Bettman

In a hockey fight, barring the occasional brawl, theres actually some etiquette that goes into it. Honor, too, absolutely. Most of those…

— Tom Glavine

“Lord Ironman, please play tonsil hockey with me, just this one time. There, does that make you happy?”

— Mercy Celeste

The only way you can check Gretzky is to hit him when he is standing still singing the national anthem.

— Harry Sinden

And if I want to get involved in choosing sides, I usually pick hockey or football.

— Dierks Bentley

You can't just go outside and play hockey. It's more of an expensive sport.

— Jeremy Roenick

Growing up in Finland, ice hockey was the main sport. But I never played that. I went with footy. I never had…

— Teemu Pukki

The NHL is the best in the world, it has the best players. I love the NHL.

— Alexander Ovechkin

My dad owns a hockey rink and he was sharpening my first pair of skates while I was still in the womb.

— Johnny Gaudreau

It is an immense privilege to be able to play in the NHL. I was very blessed and a lot of things…

— Pat LaFontaine

“I-"Fuck. "Well, I am angry at you, Nathan." "Good." "So fucking angry." "Perfect.”

— Hannah Grace

Rocket had that mean look on, every game we played. He was 100 percent hockey. He could hate with the best of them.

— Gordie Howe

There wasn't a day when I felt like hockey was work. I still don't feel that way.

— P.K. Subban

I watch a lot of hockey. There are some good hockey players and there are some awfully stupid hockey players.

— Ted Lindsay

I can't remember the last time I went to a game and there was a fight. I think they fight more in…

— Wayne Gretzky

I don't think so. Anyways, I don't spend money. My wife spends money...sorry wife.

— Mikhail Grabovski

I hear they had our flag on their dressing room floor. I wonder if they'd like us to sign it?

— Hayley Wickenheiser

Good players skate to the puck. Great players skate to where the puck is going to be.

— Wayne Gretzky

In high school, I didn't get the chance to wrestle varsity until my senior year because I had an older brother who…

— Rulon Gardner

They abolished the off-side rule in field hockey and there were no problems.

— Marco van Basten

Before I was 14, I wanted to be a singer, an actor, or a hockey player. By 15, I knew I was…

— Matisyahu

When I started playing hockey, I realised the entire game relies on your back- you have to bend to play it.

— Diljit Dosanjh

I was thrilled one year when I was younger when not only did my brothers get hockey sticks for Christmas - but…

— Nancy Kerrigan

He had better get married soon, because he's getting uglier every day!

— Mark Recchi

I was the happiest guy in the world when I was on the ice. You're being paid to play a game! That's…

— Bobby Orr

“Wayne Gretsky said, “A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going…

— Sean Platt