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We have a huge game coming up in semi-finals. Just studying Finland or the Americans, whoever we're playing. Just moving forward, working hard in practice and making sure we stay sharp.

We have to get families back in the game, get back where Saturday night, everything stops. A case of beer comes out and a bottle of rye and anyone who comes to the house, they better want to watch hockey.

Well, I've got something to tell you, In my last life I was a Spanish Count and one of the things I loved to do when I was a count in Spain was take all the commoners, line them up against a wall and throw rocks at them, being a professional hockey goalie is punishment for my bad habits in past lives.

We need to look at what Europe is doing to get better and try to get better ourselves. We need to make some changes and that can only be good for the game. Tolstoy once said, 'Everybody wants to change the world, but they don't want to change themselves.' So we all have to change our thinking and focus on getting our kids better.

We only speak two languages here: English and profanity.

We profoundly regret the suffering this has caused our fans, our business partners and the thousands of people who depend on our industry for their livelihoods.

We're going to be the best in the league at something. We're deep in anthem singers.

We're not only hockey players. A lot of guys have families and girlfriends. You can't just think about hockey 24-7.

We're scared of losing. That's why we win. We know what it's like to lose and we hate it. We enjoy being champions too much.

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

We're so used to it that we don't think twice about it. For somebody who's starting out in ice hockey it would be heavy, but it's protection. It's everything you need so you do have to get used to it.

We're trying to work on Sami to get through that and shoot the puck. MacInnis shot the puck all the time. If there was a fool who wanted to stand in front and break an ankle, tough luck.

We should not have to push you to work hard, you should work hard because you want to be a great player.

We talk about mental toughness all the time. That's the biggest thing good teams have, that they can overcome adversity.

We've played with a lot of confidence and that's been the key so far. Hopefully, we can take more confidence into the playoffs.

We were really sick of silver.

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

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

What I found interesting about Slava Fetisov was that he went through three different generations of Soviet hockey. In the late 70's, he experienced the Miracle on Ice, and then in the 80's became with his teammates the Russian Five, the most dominant team in the history of hockey, and then helped bring down the hockey system when the Soviet Union collapsed and became one of the first players to play in the NHL, and then ultimately came back to Russia.

What is courage? Let me tell you what I think it is. An indefinable quality that makes a man put out that extra something, when it seems there is nothing else to give. I dare you to be better than you are. I dare you to be a thoroughbred.

What counts in sports is not the victory, but the magnificence of the struggle.

What kind of respect do I get? ... Just because I'm a physical player, it's O.K. to come at me and do what you want? Hey, it's a hockey game. It's not figure skating. You know what? I can take a hit and I can give a hit. I don't care who it is. No one gets a free ride out there. I don't get a free ride, and no one gets a free ride from me.

When I first began examining the global-warming scare, I found nothing more puzzling than the way officially approved scientists kept on being shown to have finagled their data, as in that ludicrous "hockey stick" graph, pretending to prove that the world had suddenly become much hotter than at any time in 1,000 years. Any theory needing to rely so consistently on fudging the evidence, I concluded, must be looked on not as science at all, but as simply a rather alarming case study in the aberrations of group psychology.

When I broke into professional hockey at 17 I was told that I was too small and too slow and I wouldn't make the NHL. Now it's kind of flip-flopped and the sense is I can't be a good coach because I was a great athlete.

When no one else signs me.

When I left here I left everything here. It's time to move on

When I'm able to see the ice ahead of time when I get the puck, I'm able to make some pretty good plays.

When people discover they are no good at baseball or hockey, they put away their bats and their skates and they take up amateur golf or stamp collecting or gardening. But when people discover they are no good at picking stocks, they are likely to continue to do it anyway.

When I'm not acting, I try to be normal, play golf, play hockey. It's funny because you're in this little bubble when you're working - you don't read books, you don't really keep up with the news, you're just living that life.

When I was a kid, I remember playing hockey outside and whenever you did, you thought about playing for Finland vs. Sweden. Thats just the way it was.

When we've got the puck, they can't score.

When you pull on that jersey, you represent yourself and your teammates, and the name on the front is a hell of a lot more important than the one on the back. Get that through your head!

When you lose the shootout, you feel like you lost the hockey game, ... But we didn't lose the hockey game. We lost a point and they gained a point. That's the reality of it.

When you take off that sweater, your jersey, after today's game, you will be the last player in the NHL to ever wear 99. You have always been and you will always be 'The Great One,' and there will never be another.

When you stand on the victory stand, you must be able to ask yourself: 'Did I win this medal?'

When you think of hockey, when you think of Canada, you think of Wayne Gretzky.

Why doesn’t the fattest man in the world become a hockey goalie?

Whether youre trying to learn in hockey or trying to learn in life, Ive always tried to be observant and tried to learn more, tried to evolve, whether its as a hockey player or as a person. With each year, I try to do that.

Wild Thing made their hearts sing. But he couldn't top everything.

Without the support of my mom, Marlene, I would not be the person I am. She has been my main supporter throughout my career, and I owe everything to her. This is a small way that we, as players, can pay tribute to her and other hockey moms, and it is all for a good cause.

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

Women are playing [hockey] because they love it, not because they’re trying to be a woman in a man’s game.

Yes, and I also like jumping out of tall buildings.

You can always get someone to do your thinking for you.

You can show me some stick ice cream and I can tell you if it's good or not just looking at it.

You can have all the talent in the world, but if the pumper's not there, it doesn't matter.

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

You can't just go outside and play hockey. It's more of an expensive sport.

You can't control the opposition, but you can control how you play, your energy level, your intensity on the ice. That's what we're going to do.

You do not play hockey for good seasons. You play to win the Stanley Cup. It has to be the objective.