Hockey Quotes · Page 31

I'm incredibly grateful to be an NHL player, and to be making the salary that I make. I don't take it for…

— Johnny Gaudreau

People didn't know the difference between a blue line and a clothes line.

— Al Michaels

The first few years were quite hard for me. It took time for me to understand what exactly is international hockey.

— P. R. Sreejesh

Basketball isn't as popular in Canada as it is in the US. Hockey is by far the most popular sport in Canada.

— Steve Nash

If you're skinny and you can't play hockey in Canada, you aren't left with a lot of options. I was left with…

— Malcolm Gladwell

I'm gonna catch you with your head down tonight. I'm gonna take it off.

— Zac Rinaldo

Canada is a country whose main exports are hockey players and cold fronts. Our main imports are baseball players and acid rain.

— Pierre Trudeau

I grew up figure skating, and in figure skating there is only a handful of black people at the time figure skating…

— Brandi Rhodes

I saw the older kids entering the rink carrying hockey sticks and bags, and I was fascinated by the equipment. Once I…

— Hilary Knight

I'm not getting caught in a club at 2 o'clock in the morning. I'm going to basketball games and hockey games and…

— Matt Harvey

But inside of me I knew that the Olympics were still there. I was still young enough. I knew that once I…

— Angela Ruggiero

Before the injury hockey was everything in my life. Now I know even if I am out of hockey, there are other…

— P. R. Sreejesh

In the '80s, when Gretzky came to the World Championships in the second or third game, you'd see this guy skating circles…

— Hasso Plattner

First of all, it's a curse. Voodoo. As soon as a guy gets put on the cover of The Hockey News, it's…

— Dean Lombardi

I still love hockey. It's just I'm at a different stage of my life and I think I'm just ready to grow…

— Angela Ruggiero

I was playing a relatively high level of hockey, and I thought that's what I wanted to do. But I had my…

— Robbie Amell

I'll skate on concrete if I have to. I'm not worried about how fast the ice is. I'm worried about how fast…

— Clara Hughes

Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the body with dental records.

— Bob Plager

The greatest country in the history of the world being attacked. So all of this doesn't mean very much today.

— Bud Selig

We should be able to live the lives of other professional athletes in hockey, baseball, NFL and NBA.

— Curtis Blaydes

I would love to do a movie based on our desi sports kabbadi or hockey. I guess I can play these games…

— Diljit Dosanjh

Hockey is my life, you know. If I do not play hockey, I do not know what I do.

— Alexander Ovechkin

All I know is that skating is getting better, the guys are getting better throughout the whole age range

— Elvis Stojko

The day they put me in net I had a good game. I've stayed there ever since.

— Terry Sawchuk

The only job worse is a javelin catcher at a track - and - field meet.

— Gump Worsley

I've always felt we weren't physical enough on the back line. Now there's a no - parking sign in front of our…

— Dean Lombardi

Why do I have to just focus on hockey? Why can't I help people? Why can't I have fun with my fans?

— P.K. Subban

Wait'll next year! is the favorite cry of baseball fans, football fans, hockey fans, and gardeners.

— Robert Orben

I think I am the first hockey player in India to have a wax statue of his own. It is a great…

— Sandeep Singh

I still play hockey every now and then, and I still golf. But my biggest exercise is walking my big dog in…

— Michael J. Fox

I was happy to have an attraction in our building that we didn't have to pay for.

— Harold Ballard

It's an honour and a thrill and a privilege just to play in the NHL.

— Wayne Gretzky

I play hockey in a pickup league. I grew up playing, so it's nice to get on the ice whenever I can.

— Robbie Amell

What counts in sports is not the victory, but the magnificence of the struggle.

— Joe Paterno

If I get run into again, I'm taking someone with me. I lost one knee. I'll take a head if it happens…

— Grant Fuhr

You're too old to still be playing. I'll buy you a rocker you can sit in.

— Stan Mikita

Many times I had to dig deep and perform. All of that adversity helped me and drove me to want to be…

— Hayley Wickenheiser

For me, it's not a struggle to go out and play hockey. Under pressure, I feel it to a certain extent... but,…

— Martin Brodeur

We're going to be the best in the league at something. We're deep in anthem singers.

— Barry Trotz

Winning the Stanley Cup in '99 was a dream come true. I'll never forget it.

— Ed Belfour