Hockey Quotes - Page 33

• My parents, especially my dad, had a big influence on my hockey career. He introduced me to the game when I was younger, and I stuck with it.

  Steven Stamkos

  Dad, Careers, Games

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• My dad actually taught me to box when I was, like, nine years old, because I got picked on at school all of the time. I was on a boys' hockey team, so I would get all of my aggression out there.

  Eliza Coupe

  Dad, Team, School

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I am a sports enthusiast, and if given an opportunity, I want to be a sportsman, even today. I want to promote the sport that is indigenous to India. Kabaddi is a matter of national pride. Why can't cricket, hockey, football and kabaddi be given equal platforms and co-exist? I believe that can happen.

  Abhishek Bachchan

  Sports, Football, Believe

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• I am for hockey. I find I should like to hit something with a stick. -Gemma Doyle Trilogy

  Libba Bray

  Sticks, Should, Trilogies

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• Leon, no offense, but you don't exactly look like a hockey player." "I told 'em I was a goalie. That's where they put the guy who can't skate, right? Just like in baseball when they put the worst player at catcher.

  Steve Hamilton

  Baseball, Player, Guy

  Steve Hamilton (2007). “Winter of the Wolf Moon: An Alex McKnight Mystery”, p.119, Macmillan

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• Sports are my passion and I really enjoy connecting with others who share my love of the game

  Tessa Bonhomme

  Sports, Passion, Games

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• After the hockey stick, Sardara Singh scores with the broom! A great effort by him towards a Swachh Bharat.

  Narendra Modi

  Effort, Sticks, Brooms

  Twitter post from Oct 29, 2014

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• About the last thing I ever wanted in life was a knighthood, and even today some forty years after the event, I find it difficult to come to terms with a life where old and valued friends insist on calling me 'Sir' instead of Don, simply because they think it is protocol. But I have consciously shouldered these burdens because I felt that I was the medium through which cricket could achieve a higher status and gain maximum support from the people, not only in Australia but throughout the world.

  Donald Bradman

  Sports, Thinking, Australia

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• When you stand on the victory stand, you must be able to ask yourself: 'Did I win this medal?'

  Kipchoge Keino

  Sports, Winning, Victory

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• In high school, I didn't get the chance to wrestle varsity until my senior year because I had an older brother who was better than me.

  Rulon Gardner

  Senior, Sports, Brother

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• My papa said son don't let the man getcha and do what he done to me.

  John Fogerty

  Son, Men, Papa

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• I've never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body.

  Winston Bennett

  Funny, Sports, Stupid

  Winston Bennett (2011). “Fight for Your Life: From Tragedy to Triumph”, p.127, Tate Publishing

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• I have six brothers and one sister. I grew up playing ice hockey, a total tomboy, and that’s what I thought I was going to do – be an ice hockey player.

  Nicola Peltz

  Brother, Player, Ice

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I wish I were a character actor. Of course, if I played hockey without a mask, I could become one.

  Michael Vartan

  Character, Wish, Actors

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I played pretty darn competitive-level hockey. Then the good old knee injury. Obviously, it's a blessing in disguise, but growing up Canadian, that's our religion, that's our football.

  Taylor Kitsch

  Football, Growing Up, Blessing

  "Taylor Made for Texas". Interview with Logan Hill, www.gq.com. March 7, 2012.

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• Last night, we did the Threatdown -- God, it's hard to even talk about this -- and for the first time, I didn't mention bears. It's winter, they're asleep, I didn't think it would be a problem. But today I see this in the Toronto Globe and Mail -- apparently a 700-pound polar bear showed up at a children's hockey game. I've said this before, they're after our kids -- they're tender, juicy, you don't even have to throw away the bones.

  Stephen Colbert

  Children, Kids, Winter

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• I always played hockey, I was always a hockey fan, but I was never bitten by the hockey bug... I never looked into playing it professionally.

  Chris Jericho

  Fans, Bugs, Hockey Fan

  "Chris Jericho...Breaking Down Walls In Wrestling & Music". Interview: Chris Jericho WWE, www.askmen.com.

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• Women can do anything men can do. Except math, chess, running, jumping, lifting stuff, fixing things, making money, hockey, surfing, driving, making decisions, being tall, taking out the garbage, tipping, fishing, being funny (on purpose), reading a map, listening to good bands, writing, running the country, inventing anything important, or being fun to hang out with.

  Daniel Tosh

  Country, Running, Fun

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• Figure skaters have awful perceptions of hockey players.

  Kristi Yamaguchi

  Player, Perception, Awful

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Detroit is still seen as the tough city, a city that has a reputation for high crime, ... The tough city thing is fine. Its always had a reputation as that. ... You know, Gordie Howe, when I was watching hockey, was the toughest guy in the league playing for the Red Wings. He represented that tough aura.

  Eugene Levy

  Cities, Wings, League

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• I don't think the summer is short. I would rather play hockey than work out in the gym. It would be tougher if summer was longer. You have your two or three weeks to take off. You have plenty of time to go back and see family and friends. I don't want summer to be any longer.

  Henrik Zetterberg

  Summer, Thinking, Play

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• Its an honor to be chosen to represent the best hockey game in the world,... Hockey fans are looking for the most authentic experience and NHL 2K6 delivers it.

  Brian Boitano

  Sports, Nhl, Games

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• People have been known to achieve more as a result of working with others than against them.

  Allan Fromme

  Teamwork, People, Team Building

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• Free agency screws everybody's allegiances up. Whether it be football, baseball, hockey, basketball, whatever it may be. It's really hard.

  Bill Goldberg

  Inspirational, Basketball, Baseball

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• I think we have our sports within our own culture that are huge with baseball, football, basketball, and hockey. Those are the sports in America that we grow up with and soccer isn't really there yet.

  Claudio Reyna

  Basketball, Soccer, Sports

  Interview with Jon Robinson, www.ign.com. March 27, 2006.

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