Nhl Quotes · Page 4

Bert's wallet is like an onion. Any time he opens it, he starts crying.

— Brendan Morrison

I had all my own teeth and I wanted to keep it that way.

— Tom Glavine

I might have practiced stick-handling with my head up a bit more.

— Eric Lindros

If they can play eight more years, then I can too. I'm in better shape than they are.

— Teemu Selanne

My teeth weren't that good to begin with, so hopefully I can get some better ones.

— Duncan Keith

I think he knows all my tricks. Or the fact I don't have any tricks

— Brendan Shanahan

Don't feel sorry because my life is over. Be happy that it happened.

— Pat Burns

I played pretty much sports games. 'NHL,' 'Madden,' stuff like that.

— Auston Matthews

We're trying to work on Sami to get through that and shoot the puck. MacInnis shot the puck all the time. If…

— Alain Vigneault

I don't think you ever stopped Bobby Orr. You contained Bobby Orr, but you never stopped him. When we played the Bruins…

— Larry Robinson

If I had to pick three players to start a franchise, I'd choose Hasek, Peter Forsberg and Eric Lindros.

— Wayne Gretzky

This is a tragedy for the players. Their careers are short and this is money and opportunity they'll never get back.

— Gary Bettman

It's going to be good to be on his side for a change. I'll save a lot of energy since I don't…

— Doug Gilmour

I think the game has gotten better. (The two-ref system) keeps players from taking cheap shots behind the play. I never thought…

— Brian Skrudland

I focus on the dumbness of Hagelin... He played a hell of a game but that's all washed off from dumbness.

— John Tortorella

As a kid growing up in the little city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, I dreamed of one day playing in the…

— Ron Francis

Anybody who says they don't like fighting in the NHL have to be out of their minds.

— Donald Stewart Cherry

Aw, don't worry about that Doc. If it happens I could always come back as a forward.

— Harold Snepsts

I don't think any one person will ever be bigger than the game.

— Wayne Gretzky

You don't have enough talent to win on talent alone.

— Herb Brooks

Put the kids in with a few old pappy guys who still like to win and the combination is unbeatable.

— Conn Smythe

They do a lot of talking, but I'm not sure they actually understand each other.

— Darren McCarty

I am 10 times smarter than everyone else in this game. Beyond a shadow of a doubt.

— Brett Hull

You try to squeeze a little more Charmin in the pads when you face him.

— Kevin Hodson

Some guys score and some guys don't. We got a lot that don't.

— Mike Babcock

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

— Bobby Hull

This is really a new NHL and it's built on speed and young guys.

— Mario Lemieux

My dreams of NHL glory were never fulfilled so I had to settle for politics instead.

— Pierre Poilievre

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

— Dean Lombardi

You have Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan... and Mario Lemieux. He's the best in hockey, in my opinion.

— Kordell Stewart

I have to thank the guy who fired me because he was also the guy who hired me.

— Serge Savard

I found out that if you are going to win games, you had better be ready to adapt.

— Scotty Bowman

All that means is that I'll be 783 years old when I catch Scotty Bowman.

— Kevin Constantine

Our system of forechecking is to shoot the puck and leave it there.

— Harry Neale

There is no position in sport as noble as goaltending.

— Vladislav Tretiak

He had better get married soon, because he's getting uglier every day!

— Mark Recchi

Yeah, I'm cocky and I am arrogant. But that doesn't mean I'm not a nice person.

— Jeremy Roenick

Over the years, Steve has come to understand I need the clicker. He says it's my security blanket.

— Brendan Shanahan

The NHL is the best in the world, it has the best players. I love the NHL.

— Alexander Ovechkin

Is that a beard, or is Niedermayer eating a muskrat?

— Harry Neale