Greatest Hockey Quotes

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

John Wooden

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"This Speech Was Given Before The #4Women4AllWomen Run" by Powdered Feet, womensrunning.competitor.com. January 25, 2017.

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

Wayne Gretzky

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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

Jim McKenny

Inspirational, Hockey, Nhl

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

Rodney Dangerfield

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

Scotty Bowman

Sports, Hockey, Winning

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

Bobby Clarke

Sports, 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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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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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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