Nhl Quotes - Page 9

• 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.

  Roger Ebert

  Funny, Team, Hockey

  Roger Ebert (2012). “Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2013: 25th Anniversary Edition”, p.211, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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• They were checking us so closely, I could tell what brand of deodorant they were using.

  Gary Dornhoefer

  Hockey, Deodorant, Brands

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• How's the game changed in my 15 years in the league? Well, we used to be called hard-working players. Now we're overpaid crybabies.

  Brett Hull

  Hard Work, Hockey, Player

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• It's not about what you did yesterday, it's what you do tomorrow. If you rely too much on yesterday, tomorrow is going to jump up and bite you in the pants.

  John Vanbiesbrouck

  Hockey, Yesterday, Too Much

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• I'm very proud of our NHL players. I think they all handle themselves extremely well and they all work really hard.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Player, Thinking, Proud

  Interview With James Bassil, www.askmen.com.

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• I started as a fourth-line fighter, went to being a third-line centre, then a second-line winger and a first-line centre. I've played every role there is, and the only thing that matters is helping the team win.

  Mark Messier

  Team, Hockey, Winning

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• Growing up in Canada, most kids from Canada dream of playing in the NHL, and they also hope one day to be on a Stanley Cup team. That was a big goal.

  Bobby Orr

  Dream, Growing Up, Team

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

  Paul Coffey

  Hockey, Puck, Score

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• The goal is too small and the goalies are too big.

  Scotty Bowman

  Hockey, Goal, Bigs

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• It's an honour and a thrill and a privilege just to play in the NHL.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Play, Thrill, Privilege

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  You know, I've held women and babies and jewels and money, but nothing will ever feel as good as holding that Cup.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Baby, Hockey, Jewels

  Wayne Gretzky, Reilly, Rick (1990). “Gretzky, An Autobiography”, Harper & Collins

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

  Chico Resch

  Sports, Hockey, Disease

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• 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.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Athlete, Hockey, Flip

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• I don't think any one person will ever be bigger than the game.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Hockey, Thinking, Games

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

  Gordie Howe

  Hockey, Thinking

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• I have been practising since I was 4 or 5 years old, but that wasn't really practice. I was just having fun.... I just loved to play hockey.

  Sidney Crosby

  Fun, Hockey, Years

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• I tried to talk my daughter out of going with a hockey player but, he's a good kid. He asked me if he could marry Carrie before he asked her. I said: You want to what? I thought he was just going to ask for more ice time.

  Phil Esposito

  Daughter, Kids, Hockey

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• The only way a kid is going to practise is if it's total fun for him... and it was for me.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Fun, Kids, Hockey

  Wayne Gretzky, Reilly, Rick (1990). “Gretzky, An Autobiography”, Harper & Collins

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• I was three-quarters down the list of guys I would be facing in my first game when I realized I was looking at our own roster.

  Glenn Healy

  Hockey, Games, Guy

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• One road trip we were stuck on the runway for seven hours. The plane kept driving and driving until we arrived at the rink and I realized we were on a bus.

  Glenn Healy

  Hockey, Driving, Road Trip

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• I think he knows all my tricks. Or the fact I don't have any tricks

  Brendan Shanahan

  Hockey, Thinking, Facts

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• Every time you sustain a head injury, the risk gets higher and higher. I always said that if there ever was a point where the risk was more than minimal, I would stop playing.

  Pat LaFontaine

  Risk, Getting High, Injury

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• That's great. I'm 100 years old and people are still interested.

  Grant Fuhr

  Hockey, Years, People

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• I might have practiced stick-handling with my head up a bit more.

  Eric Lindros

  Might, Sticks, Concussions

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• The first thing I would do when I saw Bobby coming down at me was to say a little prayer if I had time. I'm sure I wasn't the only goalie who did that.

  Johnny Bower

  Prayer, Hockey, Goalies

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