I just enjoy playing hockey obviously.

I started playing hockey late and it was unclear until the very last moment if I was talented or not. But it turned out…

— Alexander Ovechkin

If I'm playing hockey, I want to win all the (trophies) I can.

— Alexander Ovechkin

Playing goal is like being shot at.

— Jacques Plante

There are more kids playing hockey, and the game has become more diverse from a cultural, ethnic and geographic point of view, but we…

— Mike Quigley

I think the game has gotten better. (The two-ref system) keeps players from taking cheap shots behind the play. I never thought I'd like…

— Brian Skrudland

I think it's fairly clear that playing hockey isn't the same as playing football.

— Gary Bettman

Playing hockey, there were a lot of guys bigger than me, so I knew I was going to get hit and have to deal…

— Mike Weir

Women are playing [hockey] because they love it, not because they’re trying to be a woman in a man’s game.

— Cammi Granato

Hockey would be a great game... if played in the mud.

— Jimmy Cannon

It's more fun to be playing hockey than doing anything else.

— Connor McDavid

Hockey is my life and money is money. If you think about money, you stop playing hockey.

— Alexander Ovechkin

Time move forward, and time move quick. So you just have to enjoy every second, every moment.

— Alexander Ovechkin

One of my friends called me up and said kids in our village are playing hockey with PVC pipes. This is the change I…

— P. R. Sreejesh

There is a lot of instinct that comes with playing hockey and playing a number of games and playing all the way up; you…

— Connor McDavid

When I was a kid, I remember playing hockey outside and whenever you did, you thought about playing for Finland vs. Sweden. That's just…

— Teemu Selanne