I feel more comfortable confidence-wise. You get to the NHL, and you're nervous about trying things. With experience, you're not as afraid… — Martin St. Louis Copy Share Image
It takes brains. It's not like a forward, where you can get away with scoring and not play defense. On defense you… — Chris Chelios Copy Share Image
It's tough in the NHL; you have to produce on a high level. And everybody expects you to do it because you… — Jaromir Jagr Copy Share Image
I'm a firm believer that everything in life works out the way it's supposed to. And who knows? I figure I've got… — Darren McCarty Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
When he gets mad, it's like he's in another world. He'll look at you with those big eyes and they'll be going… — Barry Beck Copy Share Image
Wrapping Christmas presents is tough. Even peeling a Mandarin orange is tough. I have to get my kids to help me. — Brendan Morrison Copy Share Image
Play with passion and heart. If you don't carry passion into sport - or into any job for that matter - you… — Phil Esposito Copy Share Image
By the age of 18, the average American has witnessed 200,000 acts of violence on television, most of them occurring during Game… — Steve Rushin Copy Share Image
We're scared of losing. That's why we win. We know what it's like to lose and we hate it. We enjoy being… — Bob Bourne Copy Share Image
The first thing I noticed about him was that he was born the same year I was drafted. ... That's a pretty… — Al MacInnis Copy Share Image
To his US Olympic team - Every day you guys look worse and worse. And today you played like tomorrow. — John Mariucci Copy Share Image
You've just got to go out there and try to control the things you can control. Deal with things and stay mentally… — Jonathan Toews Copy Share Image
I refuse to confirm or deny anything about any deal to purchase an American NHL franchise and move it to Canada until… — Jim Balsillie Copy Share Image
By no means could I play at the level of these kids who play in the NHL now but as 50-year-olds go,… — Wayne Gretzky Copy Share Image
I don't want to play games with anybody, to our fans, to Pierre Lacroix, or any other NHL team that might have… — Patrick Roy Copy Share Image
When you pull on that jersey, you represent yourself and your teammates, and the name on the front is a hell of… — Herb Brooks Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
It seems like yesterday I was up there watching my first NHL game, and I was skating on the ice this time.… — Sidney Crosby Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
It is an immense privilege to be able to play in the NHL. I was very blessed and a lot of things… — Pat LaFontaine Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The only way you can check Gretzky is to hit him when he is standing still singing the national anthem. — Harry Sinden Copy Share Image
I went to a couple of Rangers games at the Garden, and someone at the NHL had seen me and figured I… — Eddie Cahill Copy Share Image
Or as hockey player Sergei Fedorov knows it, 'The day I can legally start telling everyone I am sleeping with Anna Kournikova.' — Craig Kilborn Copy Share Image
I found my prince - he's a hockey player and we met at an NHL event, the last place I'd ever expect… — Carol Alt Copy Share Image
One thing I hate is people screaming at me. If you want me to do something, talk to me. When someone screams… — Mario Lemieux Copy Share Image
When you're playing in the NHL, every time you score a goal it's exciting. But I had a blast when I scored… — Johnny Gaudreau Copy Share Image
I look at it as a challenge, ... I'm not going to put too much added pressure on myself. I want to… — Sidney Crosby Copy Share Image
Playing 10 years in the NHL, almost 600 games, there's going to be some wear and tear for everybody. — Mike Comrie Copy Share Image
Call them pros, call them mercenaries - but in fact they are just grown - up kids who have learned on the… — Lester Patrick Copy Share Image
We know that hockey is where we live, where we can best meet and overcome pain and wrong and death. Life is… — Fred Shero Copy Share Image
The only difference between this and Custer's last stand was that Custer didn't have to look at the tape afterward. — Terry Crisp Copy Share Image
We can no longer ignore the stupidity of the hits that are still happening today despite the fact that the players know… — Jeremy Roenick Copy Share Image
I didn't have any hair anywhere for almost seven months. So now finally I've got some hair, I'm gonna keep it. — Saku Koivu Copy Share Image
Hockey is a fast, body-contact game played by men with clubs in their hands and knives laced to their feet. — Paul Gallico Copy Share Image
Hockey s a funny game. You have to prove yourself every shift, every game. It's not up to anybody else. You have… — Paul Coffey Copy Share Image
I go from locker to locker, pretending the guys are here. You know, give them a little bit of a pep talk.… — Tom McVie Copy Share Image
If I was on a third or fourth line I would probably be in the NHL, because you don't have to produce… — Jaromir Jagr Copy Share Image
You have to remember that when you're in the NHL, you have the platform, and you'll never have a bigger platform than… — P.K. Subban Copy Share Image
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