Hockey Quotes · Page 28

Well, it's always nice to know the fans didn't forget what you did when you played in the NHL.

— Guy Lafleur

“It’s just that Sune is no longer sure that’s all a hockey team should consist of: boys who never lose.”

— Fredrik Backman

It was always so nice to step away from figure skating and school with hockey. To this day I'm still a huge…

— Charlie White

We've met a ton of pro hockey players, got to know them, our music plays in their locker rooms. We've always taken…

— Gord Downie

If I'd known it was going to take 25 years, I'd have started earlier.

— Ken Hitchcock

I grew up in the streets in Boston in a row-home neighborhood playing hockey.

— Howie Long

The greatest athletes in the world play in the NHL there is no question about that.

— Joe Bowen

Very few cities in the NHL have the history or the following of the Detroit Red Wings.

— Steve Yzerman

I have been practising since I was 4 or 5 years old, but that wasn't really practice. I was just having fun……

— Sidney Crosby

I graduated early from high school, but up until I graduated, I was playing high school hockey. I really enjoy hockey. That's…

— Sterling Beaumon

Tomorrow, America's most famous hockey mom, Sarah Palin, will drop the ceremonial first puck at the Philadelphia Flyers game. Right afterwards, she'll…

— Jay Leno

I think I have a lot more respect for someone who will be bold enough to say, 'I'm the leader of the…

— Barry Trotz

Most fans go wild when they see a goalie make what looks like a great save, but the chances are what they…

— Mike Richter

I always said put me in front of 40 or 50,000 people and play hockey, I'm comfortable there. Put me in front…

— Ron Francis

If you're going to play hockey now, you have to be able to play. If you have the ability to fight and…

— Brett Hull

I don't doubt myself ever, but people that don't know me do. I've been playing for 15 years, and have the most…

— Chris Osgood

Both of my parents were raised in Christian homes, which was great. They instilled in us that God came first and they…

— Mike Fisher

Last night, we did the Threatdown -- God, it's hard to even talk about this -- and for the first time, I…

— Stephen Colbert

I basically made the movie from the crew's suggestions. For one scene, I wanted some kids' toys against the wall in Mikey's…

— Ang Lee

Wayne Gretzky is the greatest hockey player of all-time, I don't think there is any debate about that. If you look at…

— Christian Cage

You want to win hockey games, and it doesn't really matter how you do it.

— Connor McDavid

You gotta be good in your d-zone, gotta get pucks out. At the end of the day, you gotta make those plays.

— Johnny Gaudreau

I grew up in Wisconsin loving hockey. I mean, I started when I was three years old on skates.

— J. J. Watt

Canada is a country where the serious writers are hockey fans and readers of comic books. They don't play chess.

— Louis Dudek

“Like Wayne Gretzky says, go where the puck is going, not where it is.”

— Anonymous

I was a rugby player, I was a hockey player. You know, I just love to challenge myself, and I love to…

— Jason Priestley

You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours.

— Herb Brooks

Growing up close to Detroit, my brother is a huge Red Wing fan, my dad was a huge Gordie fan.

— Joe Thornton

I try to hold it in until I get on the ice, then in front of the net sometimes I'll pass gas.

— P. K. Subban

I am for hockey. I find I should like to hit something with a stick. -Gemma Doyle Trilogy

— Libba Bray

He's one of those guys whose English gets worse every year. But as long as it doesn't affect his play, we're all…

— Wade Belak

Bobby Orr, I thought he was the greatest player of all time because he was so far ahead of the competition in…

— Barry Trotz

Sometimes it just feels like the only thing you do is play hockey and eat.

— Henrik Lundqvist

For me, I just got to focus on my job. I just got to find ways to stop the puck and keep…

— Carey Price

My brother was playing hockey, tennis, badminton... I basically copied everything he did.

— Isa Guha

I'm trying to be a Leafs fan, but... Hopefully, in a couple of years, they might be good.

— Denis Shapovalov

It's not a sport you get famous at. If I wanted to be famous, I would have stuck with hockey.

— Eric Heiden

I can't wait for the crowd, the noise, the energy in the building. I can't wait to take that all away from…

— P. K. Subban

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

— Mike Weir

My focus was always first and foremost to stop the puck. I never let the other players on the other team get…

— Andy Moog