Hockey Quotes · Page 20

I grew up trying to play for the Toronto Maple Leafs, not Team Canada. Didn't even know it existed.

— Adam Oates

If you're a sports fan, it is really cool when you see the best-on-best for hockey at the Olympics.

— Gary Bettman

“you could put Nick Lidström in that category. Players like that are always two or three steps ahead of everyone else on…

— Catherine Gayle

I love to play hockey. I'm a huge hockey fan and I love to play as well.

— Sterling Beaumon

It's the attitude of the players, not their skills, that is the biggest factor in determining whether you win or lose.

— Harry Sinden

There were no women's players I knew of. I didn't even know women's hockey existed.

— Angela Ruggiero

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

I've been acting since I was 8 - I used to play hockey and there was a kids' theatre down the street…

— Nico Tortorella

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

If we're going to change the game it has to start at eight, nine and 10 years old. When we were that…

— Wayne Gretzky

As the Olympic torch neared Lake Placid, N.Y., in 1980, signaling the opening of that year's Winter Olympics, newspapers and magazines throughout…

— Don Yaeger

Growing up, I ate, slept and breathed hockey. I got home from school, I shot pucks, played outdoor hockey, road hockey, go…

— Chris Pronger

Our job is to get on the road and win one game now. It's a great position to be in. We were…

— Martin Brodeur

I accepted Christ at a young age, at the age of six years old, and just tried to play hockey and balance…

— Mike Fisher

That's right, Mitt Romney took on Evander Holyfield in a boxing match for charity, and it was a pretty one-sided fight. But…

— Jimmy Fallon

One thing that Americans do at this time also, though, is let's commit ourselves, just everyday American people Joe Six-Pack, hockey moms…

— Sarah Palin

Detroit is still seen as the tough city, a city that has a reputation for high crime, ... The tough city thing…

— Eugene Levy

The NHL is a fast-paced game, things happen quick when you've been out of action for a while and it takes some…

— Carey Price

Man is that guy ripped. I mean, I've got the washboard stomach, too. It's just that mine has about two months of…

— Shawn Burr

I was fortunate to have talent, play on a good team and make the NHL.

— Martin Brodeur

It's really football, tennis, and golf that I watch other than hockey.

— Sidney Crosby

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

— Bob Plager

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

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

— Brandi Rhodes

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

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

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

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

— P. R. Sreejesh

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

— Robert Orben

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

— Terry Sawchuk