Hockey Quotes · Page 30

I don't have a great story, but I love Boards of Canada. I didn't get into it when it was happening; I…

— Flying Lotus

All that matters is that you find a way to put the puck in the net. It doesn't matter how. I learned…

— Jaromir Jagr

There's more violence in one football game than there is in an entire hockey season, and nobody ever talks about that.

— Keith Allen

You'll never catch me bragging about goals, but I'll talk all you want about my assists.

— Wayne Gretzky

In the K.H.L., you're even more patient at your position because the rink is so big, you cannot play that way.

— Jaromir Jagr

It's an amazing honor to be the fourth Black hockey player to go into the Hall of Fame. It's a huge thrill.

— Jarome Iginla

The greatest hockey player who ever lived: Bobby Orr, and I love him.

— Donald Stewart Cherry

Eight days ago, we were the toast of the town. Eight days later we're Thanksgiving turkeys.

— Wayne Gretzky

The worst part about the job is the travel, which takes you away from family and friends and important dates and hockey…

— Joe Bowen

I don't want to get into being too hockey centered, but I just felt like the late 70's and 80's into the…

— Gabe Polsky

I consider the Detroit Red Wings one of the greatest franchises in any sport. For a player to come in and play,…

— Steve Yzerman

When you take off that sweater, your jersey, after today's game, you will be the last player in the NHL to ever…

— Gary Bettman

It's going to be good to be on his side for a change. I'll save a lot of energy since I don't…

— Doug Gilmour

In a hockey fight, barring the occasional brawl, theres actually some etiquette that goes into it. Honor, too, absolutely. Most of those…

— Tom Glavine

I really do think (and likely I'm a bit delusional) that if I still had time, with the drive and love for…

— Raymond Ablack

At first, I felt like I was put into this box because I played hockey. I thought that I was viewed a…

— Hilary Knight

Hockey is a fast, body-contact game played by men with clubs in their hands and knives laced to their feet.

— Paul Gallico

Heroes? Vietnam Vets are heroes. The guys who tried to rescuse our hostages in Iran are heroes. I'm just a hockey player.

— Mike Eruzione

“For years I've gone to bed gazing up at the eternal question: WHAT IF THE HOCKEY POKEY IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT?”

— Annabel Monaghan

In hockey, sometimes a shift can go for a minute and a half, full out.

— Max Aaron

When it comes to hockey, it's been in my blood since I was 3 or 4 years old. I love coaching the…

— Mario Lemieux

My parents are from the former Soviet Union, from Ukraine, and I grew up wanting to be a professional hockey player.

— Gabe Polsky

Hockey is like a religion in Montreal. You're either a saint or a sinner; there's no in-between.

— Patrick Roy

That awkward moment when you go to watch a fight, and a hockey game breaks out.

— Anonymous

The most-honored ancestors of your matriarch besmirched the season of the orange blossom.

— Nick Bakay

Coaches are like ducks. Calm on top, but paddling underneath. Believe me, there's a lot of leg movement.

— Ken Hitchcock

The Canadian franchises and Canada as a market for NHL hockey has always been a priority for us.

— Gary Bettman

The captaincy in hockey in general is a huge honor, but especially in Toronto.

— Auston Matthews

The message growth rate in Brazil - it's not like a hockey stick: it's like a vertical line.

— Jan Koum

If you're tanking to get a higher draft pick, you really shouldn't be playing hockey.

— Connor McDavid

The three important elements in hockey are: the forecheck, the backcheck and the paycheck.

— Gilbert Perreault

It's hard to slack off when you have these guys out there going 100 miles an hour around the ice.

— Scott Moir

Skating is big in Chicago. There's a lot of hockey; a lot of the boys play hockey. And figure skating is big.

— Joan Cusack

I think the thing you always got to keep in mind, you know, hockey is a game of one-on-one battles.

— Mark Messier

When you win in Montreal, it's the best place in the world to play hockey.

— Guy Lafleur

Canada's known as a hockey country and now we've proven that we can also play football as well.

— Alphonso Davies

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

They were checking us so closely, I could tell what brand of deodorant they were using.

— Gary Dornhoefer

The only difference between this and Custer's last stand was that Custer didn't have to look at the tape afterward.

— Terry Crisp

I know you define leads by goals having the lead, but we never really had the lead.

— Darryl Sutter