Hockey Quotes

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  All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity.

  Gordie Howe

  Sports, Player, Nhl

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  You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

  84 Copy quote
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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, Player

  135 Copy quote

• Every day is a great day for hockey.

  Mario Lemieux

  Inspirational, Motivational, Nhl

  68 Copy quote
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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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• Playing hockey, there were a lot of guys bigger than me, so I knew I was going to get hit and have to deal with it. Gotta hit back.

  Mike Weir

  Sports, Guy, Bigger

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• It's too easy when you're not winning to look for excuses and point at others for reasons. You ca say 'Oh well, it's this guys fault or they don't do this well', or you can say 'I've got to play better and contribute more'. You've got to find another gear and come up with big games.

  Sean Burke

  Motivational, Winning, Games

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• Is hockey hard? I don't know, you tell me. We need to have the strength and power of a football player, the stamina of a marathon runner, and the concentration of a brain surgeon. But we need to put all this together while moving at high speeds on a cold and slippery surface while 5 other guys use clubs to try and kill us. Oh yeah, did I mention that this whole time we're standing on blades 1/8 of an inch thick? Is ice hockey hard? I don't know, you tell me. Next question.

  Brendan Shanahan

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

  242 Copy quote

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

  Eric Lindros

  Practice, Effort, Inspirational Hockey

  19 Copy quote

• It's not who wins the fight that's important, it's being willing to fight. If you get challenged and renege, everyone wants to take a shot at you.

  Barclay Plager

  Fighting, Winning, Nhl

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• I believe Bobby Orr had the greatest impact of any player to come along in my lifetime. He earned his place in hockey history by single handedly changing the game from the style played in my day. In my mind there can be no greater legacy.

  Jean Beliveau

  Believe, Player, Impact

  10 Copy quote

• Biologically, I'm 10. Chronologically, I'm 33. In hockey years, I'm 66.

  Mark Messier

  Years

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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, Energetic, Streets

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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, Player

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• My goal was to play in the NHL, because that is the best hockey in the world.

  Jaromir Jagr

  Nhl, Play, Goal

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• The hockey lockout of 1994 - 1995 has been settled. They have stopped bickering... and can now get down to some serious bloodshed!

  Conan O'Brien

  Nhl, Serious, Bloodshed

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

  Rodney Dangerfield

  Sports, Fighting, Night

  62 Copy quote

• I don't like hockey. I'm just good at it.

  Brett Hull

  Nhl, Ice Hockey

  8 Copy quote

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

  Frank Deford

  Fighting, Nhl, Two

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

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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

  135 Copy quote

• You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours.

  Herb Brooks

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  74 Copy quote

• 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

  Nhl, Style, Cartoon

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• Just charge me with the usual.

  Bob Probert

  Nhl, Usual

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• There are no environments where you're only going to win, because life just isn't like that.

  Bobby Orr

  Success, Sports, Winning

  16 Copy quote