Great Hockey Quotes

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

Martina Navratilova

Inspirational, Funny, Sports

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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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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 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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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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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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Every day is a great day for hockey.

Mario Lemieux

Inspirational, Motivational, Hockey

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

Jim McKenny

Inspirational, Hockey, 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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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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Playing goal is like being shot at.

Jacques Plante

Hockey, Nhl, Goal

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

Herb Brooks

Inspirational, Motivational, Hockey

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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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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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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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