Best 584 quotes in «hockey quotes» category

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Effort is a measure of a Man.

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

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

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.

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

Every boo on the road is a cheer.

Every day is a great day for hockey.

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.

Figure skaters have awful perceptions of hockey players.

Forget about style; worry about results.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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!

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.

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

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.

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 a gritty hockey player, he's got good vision, he's an intelligent player.

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

He's as old as some trees.

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 skating like he's 36 again.

He's the kind of guy who will stab you in the back right to your face.

He's one of the most coachable players out there.

His four year contract renewal: As always, I remain hopeful that Don Cherry won't be offered the same length contract.

He was yelling pretty urgently. There's different pitches of yell and he was screaming.

High sticking, tripping, slashing, spearing, charging, hooking, fighting, unsportsmanlike conduct, interference, roughing......everything else is just figure skating.

His face is so calm, He shows no sign of stress or anything. Its as if he's saying, "No problem. Relax. I'm just going to beat you now. It's not going to hurt a bit.

Hockey captures the essence of Canadian experience in the New World. In a land so inescapably and inhospitably cold, hockey is the chance of life, and an affirmation that despite the deathly chill of winter we are alive.

Hockey is a fast, body-contact game played by men with clubs in their hands and knives laced to their feet.

Hockey is its own game. It's completely different than all the other games, although it's getting way too close to soccer.

Hockey is my favorite because I'm from Michigan. I used to figure-skate and root for the Red Wings.

Hockey is not a sport - it's a disease.

Hockey is still my favourite sport. I think that might be part of what makes me successful. I don't live or die by racquetball, so I can detach from it when needed. I'm all about all sports.