Hockey Quotes · Page 27

I go by the rule of Gretzky: you gotta be there before the puck gets there, or you're going to get beat.

— Scott Borchetta

I believe that the Greater Phoenix Area is a terrific sports market; it's a terrific hockey market.

— Gary Bettman

The guillotine has to fall somewhere when the team under-produces, and more times than not it's fallen on me.

— Dustin Penner

“Dad, they used to tell Wayne Gretzky that he was to small, and that he would never make the NHL look at…

— Mike Leonetti

And I'm not very coordinated, either. Only on ice skates, not in real life.

— Julie Benz

Wrestling isn't looked upon like the other sports of football, baseball, basketball and hockey.

— Bruno Sammartino

Bert's wallet is like an onion. Any time he opens it, he starts crying.

— Brendan Morrison

Hockey, honestly, was my first love. The excitement, the fast pace, the intensity of the game... I still love it to this…

— J. J. Watt

I believe in God, stay close, and pray daily. I have to pray, believe, and do the work. Once I go on…

— Jarome Iginla

I believe, certainly in the NHL, a player who can help a team win because he can contribute on the ice is…

— Gary Bettman

As you've progress further in the Playoffs, the ice usually gets a little softer. It's tough to keep it that cold. We…

— Chris Pronger

The wrestling is real, all the injuries are real, so much so that in no other sports, whether soccer or cricket or…

— The Great Khali

I was covered in scars from the beatings, and she used to say it was a hockey... She'd apologize. She was on…

— Brenda Fricker

Be it football or hockey, whatever it is, we want young females to feel that sport is a space for them to…

— Alex Greenwood

We're very proud of our business relationship, it's been very special for 20 years. Who can say that? It makes me shake…

— Scott Moir

Kids don't fight in minor hockey anymore. There's very few fights in junior and college hockey. So growing up, all these guys…

— Wayne Gretzky

In and of itself, sports may be trivial, but as a symbol of the American way of life, it has enormous weight.…

— Thomas Boswell

John Davidson is one of the premier executives in the National Hockey League. As we continue to build a team that can…

— James L. Dolan

“Jamie - “Shame the Bruins got punished by the Ducks last month.” I see the flash of arrogance return at lightning speed.…

— Sarina Bowen

It's always tough when you're off the ice for a while when you've got to come back because you can't replicate the…

— Connor McDavid

I think we're really good about pushing each other in practice and we have high tempo and I feel like we have…

— Cherie Piper

I was 13 or 14 and I met Donald Trump at a bar mitzvah of a good friend of ours, who's friends…

— Jason Spezza

“I grabbed hold of the altar rail to keep from falling, and then I couldn't seem to let go of it. It…

— Mike Carey

“The chair legs behind me scrape against the floor, and Douchecanoe shrinks in his seat as over six hundred pounds of angry…

— Elle Kennedy

My son William and my daughter Amy are both really into their hockey now and I can enjoy watching that.

— Neil Warnock

I was in the football, rugby, cricket and hockey teams at school; bit of squash. Tennis obviously.

— Tim Henman

I play a lot of golf and I'm in a little ice hockey league at home in Idaho.

— Mats Wilander

In biblical times, I stoned people to death. Now they are repaying me by hurling pucks at my head.

— Gilles Gratton

Football is getting bigger but ice hockey is still the biggest sport back home.

— Teemu Pukki

If you don't know how to play hockey, learn. If you quit, get back out there.

— David Walton

The quintessential bad - luck position. Pucks can go off bodies, skates, bounce into the net.

— Mike Liut

If there is hockey or football and cricket on my television, I prefer to watch hockey.

— Gautam Gambhir

Hockey has given me everything, most importantly it brought me to Swift Current, where I met my wife Deb.

— Joe Sakic

We can't play stupid hockey, dumb hockey, greedy hockey, selfish hockey. We have to put the team ahead of our personal feelings.

— Terry Crisp

We have always been taught that hockey is our national game, but it is only in general knowledge books and not on…

— Sandeep Singh

I'm not stereotypically Canadian. I don't really follow hockey. I don't feel like anything other than myself, basically.

— Michael Cera

I grew up such a fan. It was my life. Everything I did was hockey related and everything I have is because…

— Wayne Gretzky

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

— Curt Fraser

I'm on the third line. I'm a crasher. I know my role. I'm just trying to help. I'm not stupid enough to…

— Darcy Tucker

The five S's of sports training are: stamina, speed, strength, skill, and spirit; but the greatest of these is spirit.

— Ken Doherty