Hockey Quotes

“I wasn’t naturally gifted in terms of size and speed; everything I did in hockey I worked for, and that’s the way I’ll be as a coach.”

Hockey Quotes

“To win the game is great. To play the game is greater. To love the game is greatest of all.”

Hockey Quotes

“I started playing hockey late and it was unclear until the very last moment if I was talented or not. But it turned out well.”

Hockey Quotes

“My goal is to deny yours.”

Hockey Quotes

“I found out that if you are going to win games, you had better be ready to adapt.”

Hockey Quotes

“When you play hockey, you don’t have any fear. As soon as you step on the ice everything goes away and you’re focusing on the puck and focusing on the play.”

Hockey Quotes

“Even when you’re being safe, eight hours of choreography makes you look like you’ve been through a war. It’s hard. It’s like playing hockey for eight hours.”

Hockey Quotes

“Some of us love hockey not just for its ferocity and skill but for its underlying code of civility off the ice.”

Hockey Quotes

“Hockey should have some appeal. It’s a good game in that is full of action, very quick, and it can be high-scoring.”

Hockey Quotes

“A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.”

Hockey Quotes

“Hockey’s filled with great people, and it’s a great sport, and I encourage a lot of people to play it because of the relationships that you make in hockey.”

Hockey Quotes

“There are no environments where you’re only going to win, because life just isn’t like that.”

Hockey Quotes

“Hockey is a unique sport in the sense that you need each and every guy helping each other and pulling in the same direction to be successful.”

Hockey Quotes

“We take the shortest route to the puck and arrive in ill humor.”

Hockey Quotes

“Half the game is mental; the other half is being mental.”

Hockey Quotes

“The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.”

Hockey Quotes

“Sometimes guys need to cry. Some hockey players think they’re too tough to cry.”

Hockey Quotes

“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 the NHL playoff series.”

Hockey Quotes

“My teeth weren’t that good to begin with, so hopefully I can get some better ones.”

Hockey Quotes

“All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity.”