Great Hockey Quotes

You don't have enough talent to win on talent alone.

Herb Brooks

Inspirational, Motivational, Hockey

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Playing goal is like being shot at.

Jacques Plante

Hockey, Nhl, Goal

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Half the game is mental, the other half is being mental.

Jim McKenny

Inspirational, Hockey, Nhl

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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.

Steve Rushin

Hockey, Nhl, Style

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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.

Paul Coffey

Pride, Hockey, Nhl

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Yeah, I'm cocky and I am arrogant. But that doesn't mean I'm not a nice person.

Jeremy Roenick

Nice, Cocky, Mean

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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.

Stephen Leacock

Hockey, Winter, Nhl

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

Bobby Clarke

Sports, Hockey, Nhl

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It's not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it's what you put into the practice.

Eric Lindros

Hockey, Practice, Effort

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If you've only got one day to live, come see the Toronto Maple Leafs. It'll seem like forever.

Pat LaFontaine

Hockey, Nhl, Forever

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Call them pros, call them mercenaries - but in fact they are just grown - up kids who have learned on the frozen creek or flooded corner lot that hockey is the greatest thrill of all.

Lester Patrick

Kids, Hockey, Nhl

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

Duncan Keith

Hockey, Nhl, Teeth

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When I look at the net I don't see a goalie.

Pavel Bure

Hockey, Focus, Looks

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The only way you can check Gretzky is to hit him when he is standing still singing the national anthem.

Harry Sinden

Hockey, Nhl, Singing

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The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.

Joe Paterno

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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It's not whether you win or lose - but whether I win or lose.

Sandy Lyle

Sports, Funny Inspirational, Golf

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He brings something special. I don't know what it is, but if you ask him, you couldn't understand his answer.

Wayne Gretzky

Hockey, Nhl, Special

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It takes brains. It's not like a forward, where you can get away with scoring and not play defense. On defense you have to be thinking.

Chris Chelios

Hockey, Thinking, Nhl

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

Doug Larson

Hockey, Nhl, Ice

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