Blackhawks Quote by Patrick Kane

I remember starting hockey at age 7 and going to my first tryout and dreaming about how great it would be, and it's been…

— Jarome Iginla

My entire life I wanted to play in the NHL and I think when I was starting to know I might have the potential,…

— Leon Draisaitl

For as long as I can remember I wanted to be a professional hockey player.

— Mario Lemieux

I even played select for a year when I was 13. But it got to be too much, and I knew I wasn't going…

— Noah Reid

I actually played hockey my whole life, all the way up until ninth grade.

— Rob Gronkowski

I remember all the older guys, when I started playing, telling me how fast it all goes by. I remember being an 18-year-old and…

— Joe Thornton

I graduated early from high school, but up until I graduated, I was playing high school hockey. I really enjoy hockey. That's definitely what…

— Sterling Beaumon

I've been fortunate enough to have a lot of neat experiences, Olympics and everything, getting to the Stanley Cup Finals was really cool, but…

— Jarome Iginla

I was 19 years old, pumping gas and going nowhere. I was kind of a high school dropout at that point because I had…

— Adam Oates

I think whenever anyone asked me why I wanted to be a hockey player, that's where it all started, watching the Winnipeg Jets play…

— Jonathan Toews

But once I left home to play hockey, it was a commitment to be the best I could be and try to make the…

— Jarome Iginla

For me to look far ahead would be a lot of years wasted, and a lot of time and work wasted...I've done the same…

— Sidney Crosby