When I come to the rink, I want to get better every day, whereas before it was just all fun and games. — T. J. Oshie Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
There are hundreds of Canadian communities that have given more thought to hiring their rink manager than they have to electing their… — Preston Manning Copy Share Image
You do your job, you get your work done at the rink and then you go home. The big thing is figuring… — Dany Heatley Copy Share Image
I come to the rink in the morning, look at the board to see where I'm at, then wherever that is I'll… — Leon Draisaitl Copy Share Image
I love competing. I love doing all these things, coming to the rink, talking to the guys, doing the routine, working out… — Zdeno Chara Copy Share Image
My dad owns a hockey rink and he was sharpening my first pair of skates while I was still in the womb. — Johnny Gaudreau Copy Share Image
If I had never won a single medal, I'd still be skating in a rink somewhere. There wouldn't be an audience or… — Brian Boitano Copy Share Image
There are always times when you don't want to go to the rink, or you don't want to do all the things… — Nathan Chen Copy Share Image
I'm always smiling, I'm always messing around with the guys, but now there's a sense of business. There's a sense when I… — T. J. Oshie Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I played sports a lot. My mom and dad were divorced, but I hung out in the… — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
When I'm practicing, I think I'm pretty focused, and I spend a lot of energy on making sure I get better, but… — Sidney Crosby Copy Share Image
I began skating in the official practice venue of the 2002 Games. It was a huge Olympic atmosphere with Apollo Ohno sitting… — Nathan Chen Copy Share Image
I used to skate around the rink with my mom, and we used to race each other until I started getting way… — Mirai Nagasu Copy Share Image
You get to the rink, stretch for 10-15 minutes, go on the ice 20 minutes before practice starts and do goalie drills,… — Henrik Lundqvist Copy Share Image
It is a game of chess with this city. We'll have to see how it is going to play out. The city… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
I kind of thought like many skaters, 'aw, I'm not going to coach, I've already spent my 22 years in the rink.' — Scott Moir Copy Share Image
In the K.H.L., you're even more patient at your position because the rink is so big, you cannot play that way. — Jaromir Jagr Copy Share Image
I never really like to skate in an empty ice rink; I always need the attention of an audience. — Katarina Witt Copy Share Image
I was a rink rat growing up. I was a goalie and my father was a busy father of five, so he… — Gord Downie Copy Share Image
A lot of the things I do outside the rink are just to relax and recover. We spend so much time at… — Nathan Chen Copy Share Image
“just as soon as I hear that hell is freezing over and has opened up a skating rink for fools.” — Louise Rennison Copy Share Image
As a Canadian it's something you grow up with. Where I'm from in Canada the ground usually freezes in late October and… — Gerad Adams Copy Share Image
I'm a total rink rat. I can do the toe loop, the lutz, a flip, and the Scholz. That's one I invented.… — Tom Scholz Copy Share Image
I saw the older kids entering the rink carrying hockey sticks and bags, and I was fascinated by the equipment. Once I… — Hilary Knight Copy Share Image
I was a serious competitive figure skater and still ice-skate as much as I can. Anyway, I once brought a date to… — Christian Serratos Copy Share Image
When I come to the rink each day, in my heart and my mind, I'm going to expect to win, because that's… — Mike Babcock Copy Share Image
Oftentimes we will get to the rink when the sun comes up and leave when the sun is setting, so on a… — Meryl Davis Copy Share Image
The atmosphere at the different arenas has been pretty crazy. It's been a lot of fun coming to the rink every night… — Eric Staal Copy Share Image
I always loved music, to dance, and to be really active. When I started skating, it was the first time all of… — Adam Rippon Copy Share Image
As a kid, we had one television channel and a sad little roller rink. And there was not much else to do.… — Darby Stanchfield Copy Share Image
Years ago, I picked up figure skating. How hard could spins and jumps be, I thought? It's just applied Newtonian physics. After… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
Baseball was popular in the summer, but hockey was big most of the time. With five brothers, you never escaped it. We… — Anne Murray Copy Share Image
