Best 584 quotes in «hockey quotes» category

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

Figure skaters have awful perceptions of hockey players.

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

Forget about style; worry about results.

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.

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

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

Great moments are born from great opportunities.

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, 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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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 has given me everything, most importantly it brought me to Swift Current, where I met my wife Deb.

Hockey is a tough, physical game, and it always should be.

Hockey,' mused Marcus. 'The sport of kings.

Hockey seems completely lawless and, therefore, inexplicably sexy.

Hockey is like a religion in Montreal. You're either a saint or a sinner; there's no in-between.

Hockey is my life and money is money. If you think about money, you stop playing hockey.

Hockey is probably one of the most expensive sports. You have to have a place to play. You have to have the proper equipment. You have to have the transportation to get there.

Hockey is the only job I know where you get paid to have a nap on the day of the game.

Hockey would be a great game... if played in the mud.

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.

Hockey s a funny game. You have to prove yourself every shift, every game. It's not up to anybody else. You have to take pride in yourself.

Hockey taught me to challenge myself and be the best I can be on and off the ice.

Hockey belongs to the Cartoon Network, where a person can be pancaked by an ACME anvil, then expanded - accordion-style - back to full stature, without any lasting side effect.

Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the body with dental records.

Hockey's my favorite sport.

Hockey was such a part of my life, as well as my family’s, that I knew we were all going to miss it.  For the first few weeks my son was in tears sobbing, ‘I miss you being a Red Wing daddy.’  I didn’t know what to say so we just cried together.  Nobody prepares you for that kind of stuff.