Hockey Quotes - Page 22

• OK, they fire the puck from the blue line. Chief usually yelling 'block the shot' at the defensemen. They doesn't have the goalie gear, but they have to block the shot. So who is more crazy, me or the defensemen? Who is more weird?

  Ilya Bryzgalov

  Block, Crazy, Nhl

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• It's only game. Why you have to be mad?

  Ilya Bryzgalov

  Nhl, Games, Mad

  The Score interview, 2006.

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• Hopefully someone on their team addresses it, because, uh, I'm not saying I'm going to do it, but something might happen to him if he continues to be that cocky.

  Mike Richards

  Team, Cocky, Addresses

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• We're not only hockey players. A lot of guys have families and girlfriends. You can't just think about hockey 24-7.

  Mike Comrie

  Girlfriend, Player, Thinking

  "Comrie talks about his transition on Long Island ... and 'Milary'". Interview with David Amber, www.espn.com.au. November 6, 2007.

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• Scary is time passing and sickness and dying and regret and isolation and loneliness and relationship problems - as opposed to a guy in a hockey mask, which didn't seem that scary.

  Charlie Kaufman

  Regret, Loneliness, Guy

  "Charlie Kaufman" by Scott Tobias, www.avclub.com. October 22, 2008.

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• Why do Canadians like to do it doggie style? So they can both keep watching the hockey game

  Norm Crosby

  Games, Style

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• The most-honored ancestors of your matriarch besmirched the season of the orange blossom.

  Nick Bakay

  Sports, Orange, Matriarchs

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• There are many stars and a few super-stars in sport. There are champions who bag a coronet now and then, and there are others who dominate some game year after year. In other words there are Bobby Jones and Helen Wills.

  Grantland Rice

  Motivational, Sports, Stars

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• I was lucky. My grandmother stepped up for me and said she would take responsibility for me and a compassionate juvenile judge took a chance and gave me one. They were getting ready to send me away to do real time, but they sent me instead to a juvenile alternative day school. And I guess that was the beginning of my turnaround.

  Bob Beamon

  Sports, Real, Responsibility

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• People ask if I regret not winning a Stanley Cup, but winning the series against the Soviet Union was the best. It was the greatest experience of my hockey career by far.

  Marcel Dionne

  Regret, Winning, Careers

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• I'd never complain about the attention - ever. I feel very fortunate to be doing what I love to do. Not everyone gets that chance every day. This is just part of it, and it comes down to managing my time to make sure I concentrate on my passion, which is the hockey, and have time away from hockey.

  Sidney Crosby

  Passion, Complaining, Attention

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• Since the beginning, I always loved the game. When you grow up in Montreal, one day you want to be a professional hockey player. When I was six or seven, I knew that was what I wanted.

  Mario Lemieux

  Sports, Growing Up, Player

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• Of course, my family has been a big reason for me to come back, especially my son who loves the game of hockey - he was a big reason for me coming back.

  Mario Lemieux

  Sports, Son, Games

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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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• The excitement of the fans in Montreal, especially in the playoffs, I don't think you can get that anywhere else. For a hockey player, I kind of wish everyone could go through that and experience what it is to play there. It's very unique.

  Saku Koivu

  Unique, Player, Thinking

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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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• He knows all the golf lingo. You know? You hit your ball, he's like "there's a golf shot. That's a golf shot." Well of course it's a golf shot; I just hit a golf ball. You don't see Gretzky skating around going "there's a hockey shot, that's a hockey shot."

  Bill Engvall

  Funny, Humor, Golf

  "Here's Your Sign". Comedy, 1996.

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• I'm leaving the game of hockey with nothing but great memories...

  Joe Sakic

  Memories, Games, Leaving

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

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• Hockey is my life, you know. If I do not play hockey, I do not know what I do.

  Alexander Ovechkin

  Play, Knows, Ifs

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• Canadian hockey players always find a way to get along.

  Carey Price

  Player, Way, Hockey Player

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• It's lacrosse that helped teach me to spin off checks, take shots and protect the puck under pressure. My stick skills, the way to read the play quickly comes from lacrosse. The hand-eye coordination, is just one of the little things that helps you in hockey.

  John Tavares

  Eye, Skills, Hands

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• The Canadian franchises and Canada as a market for NHL hockey has always been a priority for us.

  Gary Bettman

  Nhl, Priorities, Canada

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• Is that a beard, or is Niedermayer eating a muskrat?

  Harry Neale

  Nhl, Beard, Eating

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• We don't want you at the rink, we don't want you in the stadium, we don't want you to watch hockey.

  Jeremy Roenick

  Watches, Want, Stadiums

  "Roenick: Stay Home if You Don't Like Us". www.washingtonpost.com. June 28, 2005.

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• Without the support of my mom, Marlene, I would not be the person I am. She has been my main supporter throughout my career, and I owe everything to her. This is a small way that we, as players, can pay tribute to her and other hockey moms, and it is all for a good cause.

  Sean Avery

  Mom, Player, Careers

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