Best 584 quotes in «hockey quotes» category

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

Bettman is an asshole. A frikkin asshole. I think he's ruined the game of hockey. He's supposed to be impartial. He's supposed to speak for the good of the league, but in my opinion, he's strictly behind the owners. Those 1996 rule changes are a joke

Biologically, I'm 10. Chronologically, I'm 33. In hockey years, I'm 66.

Bobby would drive to the net injured, he would drive to the net hurt. He played that way every night. He told Bobby that he was the one who made him famous.

Bob Kelly was so dumb, they shoulda written his name on the Stanley Cup in crayon.

Both of my parents were raised in Christian homes, which was great. They instilled in us that God came first and they showed us what it was like to have a relationship with Christ. I accepted Christ at a young age, at the age of six years old, and just tried to play hockey and balance that.

But inside of me I knew that the Olympics were still there. I was still young enough. I knew that once I transitioned out of hockey, it would be really hard to go back.

But there was a hockey game where they didn't even play hockey, they just threw the puck aside and started fighting. I saw that and I thought, 'Oh man, I'm a thug?' So I'm really disappointed in being called a thug.

Call them pros, call them mercenaries - but in fact they are just grown - up kids who have learned on the frozen creek or flooded corner lot that hockey is the greatest thrill of all.

By the age of 18, the average American has witnessed 200,000 acts of violence on television, most of them occurring during Game 1 of an NHL playoff series.

Canada is a country where the serious writers are hockey fans and readers of comic books. They don't play chess.

Canadian hockey players always find a way to get along.

Canadians send us great hockey players. You also send us wonderful performers, from the beginning, with Mary Pickford.

Canadian hockey fans... They boo me every time I go anywhere. Because I play for Team USA.

Certainly we're not satisfied with just winning games. We've been playing some pretty good hockey, but we think we can play much better.

Comedy is similar to hockey... in only one way. You get a lot of credit for assists. So I try to serve whatever the intention is, be it the joke or the story or the scene or the moment or the kiss, even if it's not my joke or moment.

Chunking makes our brains more efficient. The more you can chunk something, the faster and easier you can process it. Wayne Gretzky had chunked hockey like no one before or since. Talented people have supremely chunked whatever they become talented at doing.

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

Cournoyer has it on that wing. Here's a shot - Henderson made a wild stab for it and fell. Here's another shot! Right in front - THEY SCORE!!! Henderson has scored for Canada!

Cycling isn’t a game, it's a sport. Tough, hard and unpitying, and it requires great sacrifices. One plays football, or tennis, or hockey. One doesn’t play at cycling.

Doing a good impression of a backup goalie the last few weeks.

Ever since he's been a little boo-aw.

Each team has a net liner, a goalie, and five attackers. We have two defenders on the ice and three forwards. Our forwards are left winger, centre man and a right winger. We work as units of five. In ice hockey you go out and you go as hard as you can for 35 to 45 seconds, then we change.

Effort is a measure of a Man.

Every boo on the road is a cheer.

Everything went well, we had a good first period. We wanted to win, and we did. We have a big game in two days, and it will be fun. We worked hard, and it is our ultimate goal. We are ready. There is always a big rivalry between Canada and the United States; it's always fun, and we are really motivated.

Every country gets fired up to play us. They played well. I thought when it was 2-1 that we had some chances to make it 3, 4-1. He made some saves and we just missed some shots. They got a break on their second, and the third period I thought we had a lot of chances, he made some big saves. We got it done in the shootout.

Every day is a great day for hockey.

Everything was set for us to play a real good game. Then we left the dressing room and everything went to hell.

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

For the next approximately three years, I have got Nathan to take care of. I know that once he graduates from high school, he will be off doing whatever it is he is going to be doing - probably playing ice hockey.

Figure skaters have awful perceptions of hockey players.

Fifty percent of the game is mental and the other 50 percent is being mental. I've got that part down, no problem.

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

Forget about style; worry about results.

For us [hockey] is an opportunity, myself and my brothers have an opportunity to do something special.

Girls, where are you? I can't find you.

Goals live on the other side of obstacles and challenges. Be relentless in pursuit of those goals, especially in the face of obstacles. Along the way, make no excuses and place no blame.

Goaltending is a suffering position. Your equipment protects you from injury, but not from pain, every time you go out there. And if you allow a goal, the red lights go on for everyone to see. But you get to be a hero too!

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

Growing up, I didn't know very much about my heritage and the Soviet Union and things of that nature. But when I saw the Soviet Union play hockey for the first time, to me, it was profound.

Great moments are born from great opportunities.

Growing up, if I hadn't had sports, I don't know where I'd be. God only knows what street corners I'd have been standing on and God only knows what I'd have been doing, but instead I played hockey and went to school and stayed out of trouble.

Guys, I don't want to tell you half-truths, unless they're completely accurate.

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

Here's how much I know about hockey. Mike Royko and I were in a tiny bar one winter night, and the radio kept reporting goals by the Blackhawks. I mentioned how frequently the team was scoring. 'You're listening to the highlights,' Royko observed.

He ran over a few people, nothing major. Mess runs over people. Sometimes, people don't get up. That's life.

Heroes? Vietnam Vets are heroes. The guys who tried to rescuse our hostages in Iran are heroes. I'm just a hockey player.

He's one of those guys whose English gets worse every year. But as long as it doesn't affect his play, we're all right.

He's a gutless puke, that's what Travis Green is. That's why he doesn't wear an Islander uniform any more.