Nhl Quotes

He's as old as some trees.

— Pat Burns

Hockey is not a sport - it's a disease.

— Chico Resch

Every goal is a highlight film.

— Ron Francis

I'm just glad it wasn't Machete Night.

— Bob Froese

Hell, I don't know if he speaks French.

— Toe Blake

I've told you guys before, goalies don't think.

— Chris Osgood

Oh, yes, I love sleepless nights.

— Larry Robinson

I don't like hockey. I'm just good at it.

— Brett Hull

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

— Gump Worsley

We don't care what that bug-eyed fat walrus has to say.

— Brandon Prust

Every time I see you naked, I feel sorry for your wife.

— Jaromir Jagr

Winning is always fun, but the car is more important.

— Teemu Selanne

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

— Al Michaels

If you've only got one day to live, come see the Toronto Maple Leafs. It'll seem like forever.

— Pat LaFontaine

It's the nuts and bolts time of the year and we don't have enough nuts and bolts.

— Darryl Sutter

Hockey is the only place where a guy can go nowadays and watch two white guys fight.

— Frank Deford

Writers and books are cheap dates, especially when you compare the cost of a book with a ticket to the opera -…

— Margaret Atwood

No, that's not true. I didn't see his place that much, but he's a good kid and I had fun playing with…

— Patrick Kane

When you're a young kid and you come into the NHL, you're given money and fame, to an extent, especially in Boston.

— Brad Marchand

Anyway, I've never been captain in 16 years in the NHL. But that didn't stop me being a leader in my own way.

— Guy Lafleur

The NHL is the best league in the world, but it's a grind. You sometimes forget, especially if you are losing, or…

— Thomas Vanek

Growing up in Canada, most kids from Canada dream of playing in the NHL, and they also hope one day to be…

— Bobby Orr

Ever since I was a kid and all the time I have played in the NHL, NHL players have played in the…

— Alexander Ovechkin

We've made a final offer. We hope Ziggy Palffy will come to his senses. We have NO hope his agent will.

— Mike Milbury

All the people that come out and show their support and their pride for your accomplishments, I think it really reminds you…

— Jonathan Toews

There is something about Game 7 that there's a memory there for you for sure. You want to be a coach or…

— Mike Babcock

Sometimes when I make a good save, I yell out, 'Woo-Hooo!' I'm not sure why, but it just feels good. I don't…

— Marc-Andre Fleury

I went from junior hockey to the World Junior Championships to the combine and the draft, to the Blackhawks camp, and then…

— Patrick Kane

You know what happens to guys? There's what I call the individual time of their career, and the team time of their…

— Mike Babcock

Bob Goodenow will kill me, but if we're going to be realistic about things, probably 75 per cent of the league is…

— Brett Hull

It's not my fault Snow didn't have any other options coming out of high school. If going to college gets you a…

— Jeremy Roenick

When you take off that sweater, your jersey, after today's game, you will be the last player in the NHL to ever…

— Gary Bettman

Being in the flow of play, always follow the puck and be set early. It's something you don't think about because you…

— Jake Allen

What I found interesting about Slava Fetisov was that he went through three different generations of Soviet hockey. In the late 70's,…

— Gabe Polsky

The model for an NHL without fighting is right there in front of us. The [playoffs are] the time of year that…

— Ken Dryden

There are only four U.S. tournaments that the very best players in the world play every year - Palm Springs, Miami, Cincinnati,…

— Jim Courier

You never have enough competition at any position, ... Several of the players listed at right wing have played center in the…

— Anson Carter

Just charge me with the usual.

— Bob Probert

When no one else signs me.

— Chris Chelios

Ah, my sister used to hit me harder.

— Shawn Burr