Great Hockey Quotes

We get nose jobs all the time in the NHL, and we don't even have to go to the hospital.

Brad Park

Jobs, Hockey, Nhl

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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.

Steve Rushin

Hockey, Nhl, Games

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

Paul Gallico

Motivational, Hockey, Men

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Hockey is the only place where a guy can go nowadays and watch two white guys fight.

Frank Deford

Fighting, Hockey, Nhl

Frank Deford (1976). “The Owner”, Viking Adult

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

Bob Plager

Funny, Hockey, Player

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

Scotty Bowman

Funny, Fighting, Hockey

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Street hockey is great for kids. It's energetic, competitive, and skilful. And best of all, it keeps them off the street.

Gus Kyle

Kids, Hockey, Energetic

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A puck is a hard rubber disk that hockey players strike when they can't hit one another.

Jimmy Cannon

Hockey, Player, Puck

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How would you like a job where, if you made a mistake, a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo?

Jacques Plante

Jobs, Mistake, Hockey

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

Chico Resch

Jobs, Hockey, Naps

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Ice hockey is a form of disorderly conduct in which the score is kept.

Doug Larson

Hockey, Nhl, Ice

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Great moments are born from great opportunities.

Herb Brooks

Inspirational, Sports, Hockey

"Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play.

Mike Singletary

Inspirational, Sports, Football

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I went to a fight the other night, and a hockey game broke out.

Rodney Dangerfield

Sports, Fighting, Hockey

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

Wayne Gretzky

Sports, Athlete, Hockey

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You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

Wayne Gretzky

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.

Wayne Gretzky

Motivational, Sports, Congratulations

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I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.

Wayne Gretzky

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

Wayne Gretzky (2000). “99 My Life in Pictures”, Mint Pub

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I don't like my hockey sticks touching other sticks, and I don't like them crossing one another, and I kind of have them hidden in the corner. I put baby powder on the ends. I think it's essentially a matter of taking care of what takes care of you.

Wayne Gretzky

Sports, Baby, Hockey

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

Wayne Gretzky

Motivational, Sports, Dog

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You find that you have peace of mind and can enjoy yourself, get more sleep, and rest when you know that it was a one hundred percent effort that you gave - win or lose.

Gordie Howe

Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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Every day is a great day for hockey.

Mario Lemieux

Inspirational, Motivational, Hockey

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Whoever said, 'It's not whether you win or lose that counts,' probably lost.

Martina Navratilova

Inspirational, Funny, Sports

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Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.

Winston Churchill

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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

Jimmy Cannon

Hockey, Nhl, Games

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