I'm in the NHL and I'll take whatever reputation I can to…

I'd like my reputation to stay as it is and to be remembered for a wonderful decade.

— Pat Riley

Tell someone you are going to rob them and all that will happen is that you'll get a reputation as a truthful man.

— Terry Pratchett

When you're a young kid and you come into the NHL, you're given money and fame, to an extent, especially in Boston.

— Brad Marchand

You want to stay even-keel. When you get too high, when you get too low, that's when things tend to go wrong.

— Brad Marchand

I try to stay away from calling people nerds or whatever, because I've got my own fetishes and interests.

— Kyle Kinane

I have to thank the guy who fired me because he was also the guy who hired me.

— Serge Savard

Everything was set for us to play a real good game. Then we left the dressing room and everything went to hell.

— Curt Fraser

You don't have enough talent to win on talent alone.

— Herb Brooks

If they can play eight more years, then I can too. I'm in better shape than they are.

— Teemu Selanne

The model for an NHL without fighting is right there in front of us. The [playoffs are] the time of year that fans love…

— Ken Dryden

That's great. I'm 100 years old and people are still interested.

— Grant Fuhr

Don't feel sorry because my life is over. Be happy that it happened.

— Pat Burns

Basically, I don't like anybody.

— Brantt Myhres

Sometimes people ask, 'Are hockey fights real?' I say, 'If they weren't, I'd get in more of them.

— Wayne Gretzky

It was the kind of light blow that is exchanged without notice or consequence hundreds of times in a game.

— Ken Dryden