You have to realize I grew up in a real hockey town. And there I was wearing bow ties and watching the… — Brad Goreski Copy Share Image
What is courage? Let me tell you what I think it is. An indefinable quality that makes a man put out that… — Herb Brooks Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter what I think. It doesn't matter what other people think. You have to get on the ice and participate… — Wayne Gretzky Copy Share Image
“Don’t get me wrong. If I ever see video of you flying down the ice to score on a breakaway, I’m going… — Sarina Bowen Copy Share Image
Back in the NBA's pre-mask era, ballers with busted noses or orbital bones had two unappealing options: Sit out and heal, or… — Brendan I. Koerner Copy Share Image
I think we've been through a lot this season and it will be nice to move on. It's one step at a… — Martin Brodeur Copy Share Image
For pretty much my whole life, I've been obsessed with the game of hockey, and with getting better at it. I've worked… — Johnny Gaudreau Copy Share Image
There's always pressure playing in the NHL. You want to play your best game every game. Expectations are always gonna be there;… — Carl Hagelin Copy Share Image
I've been acting since I was 8 - I used to play hockey and there was a kids' theatre down the street… — Nico Tortorella Copy Share Image
I don't think you're going to see any hockey player tell the media or anyone they're the best player in the world.… — Connor McDavid Copy Share Image
I wasn't the athletic kid in my family. Both of my brothers were on athletic scholarships and my dad played semi-pro hockey.… — Trevor McNevan Copy Share Image
I remember my first year, I hit him with three good punches and couldn't believe he was still standing. He hit me… — Georges Laraque Copy Share Image
A lot of the players are not involved with any NHL team, so to play and travel around with the Oldtimers' it's… — Guy Lafleur Copy Share Image
Sometimes when you start playing games you don't get as many practices and you don't get as many touches. People think you… — Barry Trotz Copy Share Image
Crosby is a great player, but I'd have to say Ovechkin, who is also a great player but doesn't have the same… — Jaromir Jagr Copy Share Image
My parents, especially my dad, had a big influence on my hockey career. He introduced me to the game when I was… — Steven Stamkos Copy Share Image
Tremendous respect to hockey players. It's not easy every day, going out and getting hit, especially the goalies with all that padding… — Alphonso Davies Copy Share Image
It's been a great honor for me to be a player for the Detroit Red Wings, to play for an Original Six… — Steve Yzerman Copy Share Image
The kids wait for it to be organized. They want to go play all of these tournaments, for a little practice time.… — Bobby Orr Copy Share Image
I'm 100 percent sure this is it. I know that I'll never play in the NHL again. It's not a hard decision.… — Chris Chelios Copy Share Image
I'm trying to do the right things, especially on the ice. Even when I talk to the media, I try to not… — Nicklas Lidstrom Copy Share Image
Before, baseball was something to do to get ready for the hockey season. Now, people look to play baseball, period. It's something… — Jason Bay Copy Share Image
I think we have our sports within our own culture that are huge with baseball, football, basketball, and hockey. Those are the… — Claudio Reyna Copy Share Image
I love both sports, but the deciding factor was, being a left-handed pitcher, I had a huge advantage in baseball because of… — Tom Glavine Copy Share Image
It's lacrosse that helped teach me to spin off checks, take shots and protect the puck under pressure. My stick skills, the… — John Tavares Copy Share Image
I would compare that to when I first started with the Montreal Canadiens; it was a big family then, where the guys… — Guy Lafleur Copy Share Image
There's no reason why a player is done at 33, 34. They train better, they eat better, they drink better. This isn't… — Bobby Clarke Copy Share Image
The biggest challenge was the cost to play the sport, and this is a challenge that my parents faced. They relied on… — P. K. Subban Copy Share Image
Usually when you play a team, you want to focus on one line. Pittsburgh is the only team where you have to… — Patrick Roy Copy Share Image
We have an edge over the Asian countries because we are playing European and Indian style of hockey, but we need to… — P. R. Sreejesh Copy Share Image
How can you expect something out of a young player on the ice when you treat him differently off the ice? I… — Zdeno Chara Copy Share Image
I was kind of smart enough when I was young, 14 or 15 years old, to realize that if you're ever going… — Brett Hull Copy Share Image
Personally I don't believe in standing on the ice, or jamming the blueline, waiting. I have always told my players that hockey… — Bob Hartley Copy Share Image
I might have some quibbles with the way the game is played today, but at its core, I know that hockey will… — Gordie Howe Copy Share Image
I've always gone through adversity in this game, and I've always overcome it. My middle school coach told me that I was… — Davis Webb Copy Share Image
When you play hockey, you don't realize how much it takes to put a team together and the business people around the… — Martin Brodeur Copy Share Image
Where in normal neighborhoods, they would play stick ball and hockey and baseball, we used to slap box and bring boxing gloves… — Eddie Alvarez Copy Share Image
Understand the "Gretzky Factor": Cultivate an instinct, a "touch", call it what you will, that enables you to know both where the… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
In Canada, for boys, your identity is built on hockey. It's your social position; it's everything. And I was the worst hockey… — Denis Villeneuve Copy Share Image
Being drafted by the Montreal Canadiens, that was the greatest moment in my career. And stealing the Stanley Cup in 1978 and… — Guy Lafleur Copy Share Image
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