Hockey Quotes · Page 21

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

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

— Alexander Ovechkin

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

— Diljit Dosanjh

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

— Elvis Stojko

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

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

— Joe Paterno

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

The kids wait for it to be organized. They want to go play all of these tournaments, for a little practice time.…

— Bobby Orr

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

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

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

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

My parents, especially my dad, had a big influence on my hockey career. He introduced me to the game when I was…

— Steven Stamkos

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

Well, to have some teams come at you like Montreal did, it’s definitely flattering, and I think it was good for me…

— Brandon Prust

I don't think the summer is short. I would rather play hockey than work out in the gym. It would be tougher…

— Henrik Zetterberg

It was important that we kept moving the puck and moving forward as a team. It is good that we practiced today.…

— Caroline Ouellette

“Hockey is like the universe, Saul,” he said one day. “When you stand in the dark and look up at it, you…

— Richard Wagamese

Everything went well, we had a good first period. We wanted to win, and we did. We have a big game in…

— Marie-Philip Poulin

The media has changed. We now give broadcast licenses to philosophies instead of people. People get confused and think there is no…

— Gary Ackerman

I think we've bounced back and really been resilient. Even after a bad period, we take over and we seem like we're…

— Mike Fisher

I think as a Canadian hockey player, you go through it in your mind so many times, being able to stand on…

— Sidney Crosby

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

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

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

— Wayne Gretzky

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

— Harold Ballard

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

— Sandeep Singh

If I weren't acting, I think I'd want to be a professional hockey player.

— Sterling Beaumon

Sometimes you think they must have come out of the chimp cages at the Bronx zoo.

— Gerry Cheevers

I would not be where I am now without the efforts of so many Canadian baseball people and the fans of Canadian…

— Joey Votto

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

— Ed Belfour

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

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

— Hayley Wickenheiser

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

— Barry Trotz

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

— Stan Mikita

You see a hockey player, you'd never know he's a professional athlete. But you put the skates on him, and he becomes…

— Junior Seau

[In hockey] I was a goon, just protecting the better players. I've always been a better baseball player.

— Eric Gagne

It's kind of ironic when I broke in at 17, I was told I was too small, too slow and I wouldn't…

— Wayne Gretzky