Ice Hockey Quotes

• 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, Hockey, Winning

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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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• I was a multi-millionaire from playing hockey. Then I got divorced, and now I'm a millionaire.

  Bobby Hull

  Hockey, Millionaire, Divorced

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• Playing goal is like being shot at.

  Jacques Plante

  Hockey, Nhl, Goal

  14 Copy quote

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

  Wayne Gretzky

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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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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• It would have been worse if we hadn't blocked the kick after Toronto's second touchdown.

  Alex Delvecchio

  Hockey, Nhl, Toronto

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

  Brett Hull

  Hockey, Nhl

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• I think the thing you always got to keep in mind, you know, hockey is a game of one-on-one battles.

  Mark Messier

  Motivational, Hockey, Thinking

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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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• One road trip we were stuck on the runway for seven hours. The plane kept driving and driving until we arrived at the rink and I realized we were on a bus.

  Glenn Healy

  Hockey, Nhl, Driving

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• I was three-quarters down the list of guys I would be facing in my first game when I realized I was looking at our own roster.

  Glenn Healy

  Hockey, Nhl, Games

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• This is the only thing that has seen more parties than us.

  Steven Tyler

  Party, Hockey, Nhl

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• He brings something special. I don't know what it is, but if you ask him, you couldn't understand his answer.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Hockey, Nhl, Special

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• There are two types of forwards. Scorers and bangers. Scorers score and bangers bang.

  Ken Dryden

  Hockey, Nhl, Two

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• The only difference between this and Custer's last stand was that Custer didn't have to look at the tape afterward.

  Terry Crisp

  Hockey, Nhl, Differences

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• People didn't know the difference between a blue line and a clothes line.

  Al Michaels

  Hockey, Blue, Nhl

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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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• At the end of each year I make a list of my mistakes and it's pretty friggin long.

  Dean Lombardi

  Mistake, Hockey, Years

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

  Gordie Howe

  Sports, Hockey, Player

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• Every day is a great day for hockey.

  Mario Lemieux

  Inspirational, Motivational, Hockey

  70 Copy quote

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

  Rodney Dangerfield

  Sports, Fighting, Hockey

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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, Hockey

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