Hockey Quotes · Page 32

I'm probably the only guy in hockey who can win a scoring title and everybody is saying I had a bad year.…

— Wayne Gretzky

I really wanted to play hockey. My mom thought figure skates looked easier to use, so she put me in the learn-to-skate…

— Nathan Chen

We're right next to Mile High Stadium. I'm no rocket scientist, but...uh...(smile).

— Brian Skrudland

All time faves would be 'Smash TV,' 'NHL Hockey,' 'Grand Theft Autos,' 'NBA Lives,' 'Sonic.'

— Mike Patton

What's the difference between a hockey mom and a mass turkey-murdering machine? Looks like about 15 feet.

— Keith Olbermann

I don't just want to be a drag-flicker. I want to be become a complete hockey player.

— Sandeep Singh

In the summer, I would play street hockey every day with my cousins and my brothers. And in the winter we'd play…

— Joe Thornton

I hated everybody I played against, and they hated me. That's the way hockey should be played.

— Ted Lindsay

Growing up, if I hadn't had sports, I don't know where I'd be. God only knows what street corners I'd have been…

— Bobby Orr

I want you to take a sleeve of Thin Mints and line them up on the edge of the kitchen counter and…

— Jack Gantos

Bobby would drive to the net injured, he would drive to the net hurt. He played that way every night. He told…

— Derek Sanderson

Hockey belongs to the Cartoon Network, where a person can be pancaked by an ACME anvil, then expanded - accordion-style - back…

— Steve Rushin

I'm a guy who wants to make a lasting impression on hockey, and if I'm going to do that, I have a…

— Connor McDavid

I started in Grade 2. I went with my aunt and her boyfriend to an arena, an outdoor rink which was a…

— Jarome Iginla

There is a lot of instinct that comes with playing hockey and playing a number of games and playing all the way…

— Connor McDavid

Bettman is an asshole. A frikkin asshole. I think he's ruined the game of hockey. He's supposed to be impartial. He's supposed…

— Bob Probert

At the end of each year I make a list of my mistakes and it's pretty friggin long.

— Dean Lombardi

How's the game changed in my 15 years in the league? Well, we used to be called hard-working players. Now we're overpaid crybabies.

— Brett Hull

Sports are my passion and I really enjoy connecting with others who share my love of the game

— Tessa Bonhomme

It takes brains. It's not like a forward, where you can get away with scoring and not play defense. On defense you…

— Chris Chelios

He was yelling pretty urgently. There's different pitches of yell and he was screaming.

— Jarome Iginla

Hockey is the only job I know where you get paid to have a nap on the day of the game.

— Chico Resch

It [Socialism] was a kind of political hockey played by big, gaunt, dyspeptic girls in pants.

— Mary McCarthy

A soccer star is on the field for two hours. In hockey, your star player is on the ice for 20 minutes.

— Colin Cowherd

There are no environments where you're only going to win, because life just isn't like that.

— Bobby Orr

I have 3,000 penalty minutes. I don't need people dictating to me how to do my job.

— Tie Domi

You look at the guys coming out of these southwestern markets, people don't expect they have hockey or produce good players.

— Auston Matthews

It's only 60,000. It's not a big town. It's a big hockey town. Everybody plays hockey when you grow up.

— Peter Forsberg

I actually had a Bobby Orr action figure. You could put the pads on him and skates and all that. I was…

— Mike Weir

Just to have friends away from the rink and talk about things unrelated to hockey is awesome.

— T. J. Oshie

Goaltending is to hockey like putting is to golf. It really has no relationship to the rest of the game.

— Harry Sinden

Play with passion and heart. If you don't carry passion into sport - or into any job for that matter - you…

— Phil Esposito

Wrapping Christmas presents is tough. Even peeling a Mandarin orange is tough. I have to get my kids to help me.

— Brendan Morrison

Life is like a hockey game. The more shots you take, the better chance you have of making that special goal.

— Anonymous

Street hockey is great for kids. It's energetic, competitive, and skilful. And best of all, it keeps them off the street.

— Gus Kyle

For the Flames and Edmonton, it's a great rivalry. The province gets pretty crazy and excited for those games.

— Johnny Gaudreau

“were barely more than toddlers. The game was broadcast on Canadian national television. Up and down”

— Malcolm Gladwell

Guys, I don't want to tell you half-truths, unless they're completely accurate.

— Alain Vigneault

Orr is the greatest young hockey player that's come along since I've been here.

— Bobby Hull

“Missing this interview? It's not the end of the world. It is the beginning.”

— Erin Fletcher