Hockey Quotes - Page 15

• Stop saying athletes do it for the love of the game. They do it for the love of their 32-room mansion with the live shark tank in the living room. If pro sports paid minimum wage, Shaquille O'Neal would be a bouncer at Scores, and Anna Kournikova would be a mail-order bride from Minsk.

  Bill Maher

  Inspirational, Sports, Athlete

  Bill Maher (2006). “New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer”, p.153, Rodale

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• I have 3,000 penalty minutes. I don't need people dictating to me how to do my job.

  Tie Domi

  Jobs, Nhl, People

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• I'm on the third line. I'm a crasher. I know my role. I'm just trying to help. I'm not stupid enough to think I'm great out there.

  Darcy Tucker

  Stupid, Thinking, Nhl

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• Hockey is not a sport - it's a disease.

  Chico Resch

  Sports, Nhl, Disease

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• My brother Dash hit me on the head with five textbooks in a gym bag.

  Tie Domi

  Brother, Nhl, Bags

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• Ah, my sister used to hit me harder.

  Shawn Burr

  Nhl, My Sister, Used

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• How's the game changed in my 15 years in the league? Well, we used to be called hard-working players. Now we're overpaid crybabies.

  Brett Hull

  Hard Work, Player, Years

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• It's like the animal kingdom. Adapt or go extinct.

  Brett Hull

  Animal, Nhl, Kingdoms

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• After returning from his stint in the minors made reference to the movie Slapshot with: I'm happy to be back. It was never my aspiration as a kid to play in the Federal league.

  Glenn Healy

  Kids, Play, League

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• I remember my first year, I hit him with three good punches and couldn't believe he was still standing. He hit me with one and cracked my helmet. My head hurt for a week.

  Georges Laraque

  Hurt, Believe, Years

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• I see you finally got a number to match your IQ.

  Bob Marley

  Numbers

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• Potential is synonymous with getting your ass kicked.

  Kevin Constantine

  Nhl, Ass

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• His face is so calm, He shows no sign of stress or anything. Its as if he's saying, "No problem. Relax. I'm just going to beat you now. It's not going to hurt a bit."

  Dominic Roussel

  Hurt, Stress, Nhl

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• That hockey game will haunt me until the day I die.

  Joffrey Lupul

  Games, Dies

  Twitter post from May 14, 2013

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• Probably not. Their depth and our play right now...it doesn't look too good.

  Daniel Alfredsson

  Play, Depth, Looks

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• I'm gonna catch you with your head down tonight. I'm gonna take it off.

  Zac Rinaldo

  Tonight

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• Because he stinks on the power play. He stinks. I don't know why. I wish I could put him on the power play, but every time I put him on, he stinks.

  John Tortorella

  Play, Wish, Stink

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• I wish that we could tumble them in the dryer for 30 minutes and get them to shrink, but that won't happen.

  Bob Hartley

  Wish, Minutes, Happens

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• I don't think so. Anyways, I don't spend money. My wife spends money...sorry wife.

  Mikhail Grabovski

  Sorry, Thinking, Wife

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• You guys just here to blame someone. You never look yourselves in the mirror, eh? You're always good. You never make the mistakes. Your articles are always perfect. In reality, what have you done for this city? If you ask yourself, what have you done besides only criticize? Not much.

  Ilya Bryzgalov

  Mistake, Reality, Mirrors

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• Hockey has given me everything, most importantly it brought me to Swift Current, where I met my wife Deb.

  Joe Sakic

  Wife, Mets, Currents

  Joe Sakic’s Farewell Speech during his Retirement Ceremony, www.denverpost.com. July 9, 2009.

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• For as long as I can remember I wanted to be a professional hockey player.

  Mario Lemieux

  Player, Long, Remember

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• I loved curling and I loved the social aspect of it, the team. It's like if you had the same golf foursome for a long time, or if you're a bridge player, or a beer-league hockey team. You start to look forward to that time together and camaraderie, and having something that you do just for yourself.

  Colleen Jones

  Team, Golf, Player

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• Nobody wanted to win more than I did. Nobody !

  Eddie Giacomin

  Winning, Wanted

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• Goaltending beats top notch scoring anytime!

  Eddie Giacomin

  Beats, Notches, Goaltending

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