Nhl Quotes - Page 6

• It's kind of ironic when I broke in at 17, I was told I was too small, too slow and I wouldn't make the NHL

  Wayne Gretzky

  Ironic, Kind, Broke

  17 Copy quote

• If you're built like a freight train, you can't drive around like a Volkswagen.

  Clark Gillies

  Hockey, Volkswagens, Built

  7 Copy quote

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

  Tie Domi

  Jobs, Hockey, People

  8 Copy quote

• 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, Hockey, Thinking

  5 Copy quote

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

  Chico Resch

  Sports, Hockey, Disease

  7 Copy quote

• You can always get someone to do your thinking for you.

  Gordie Howe

  Hockey, Thinking

  19 Copy quote

• Ovechkin does not play like a Russian. He plays like an NHL player.

  Vladislav Tretiak

  Player, Play, Doe

  "AP Interview: Ovechkin beams with Russian pride". www.foxnews.com. February 22, 2010.

  5 Copy quote

  Show source

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

  Tie Domi

  Brother, Hockey, Bags

  4 Copy quote

• Ah, my sister used to hit me harder.

  Shawn Burr

  Hockey, My Sister, Used

  4 Copy quote

• 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, Hockey, Player

  10 Copy quote

• It's not about what you did yesterday, it's what you do tomorrow. If you rely too much on yesterday, tomorrow is going to jump up and bite you in the pants.

  John Vanbiesbrouck

  Hockey, Yesterday, Too Much

  47 Copy quote

• I started as a fourth-line fighter, went to being a third-line centre, then a second-line winger and a first-line centre. I've played every role there is, and the only thing that matters is helping the team win.

  Mark Messier

  Team, Hockey, Winning

  20 Copy quote

• You know there are so many people that have touched your life both on the ice and within your career in the NHL whether it be owners, GMs, coaches, players, trainers, all the way down. And that doesn't even account for all of the people that you encountered outside of the game that you met along this trip, too.

  Ron Francis

  Player, Ice, Games

  "In preparing for Hall induction, writing the speech at top of to-do list". www.nhl.com. November 7, 2007.

  5 Copy quote

  Show source

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

  Gary Bettman

  Hockey, Priorities, Canada

  4 Copy quote

• I played with Joey Mullen back in Salt Lake City before he got called up to St. Louis. He was the first player ever to score 20 goals in the American League and 20 in the NHL. I've kept in contact with him and he's a great guy.

  Alain Vigneault

  Player, Lakes, Cities

  4 Copy quote

• I'm a firm believer that everything in life works out the way it's supposed to. And who knows? I figure I've got a few years left (in the NHL) and maybe I can come back in the end.

  Darren McCarty

  Years, Work Out, Way

  4 Copy quote

• I don't want to play games with anybody, to our fans, to Pierre Lacroix, or any other NHL team that might have interest in me.

  Patrick Roy

  Team, Games, Play

  6 Copy quote

• A big part of my decision is not made about whether I'm able to coach in the NHL or if I'm ready to step up and take that challenge. Basically, it's about my family, it's about my children, and this is where my decision is going to have to be made.

  Patrick Roy

  Children, Decision, Challenges

  11 Copy quote

• If the world somehow actually ends tomorrow, let all forget about the Mayans and just agree it`s the NHL`s fault

  Denis Leary

  World, Faults, Tomorrow

  FaceBook post by Denis Leary from Dec 20, 2012

  12 Copy quote

  Show source

• I look at it as a challenge, ... I'm not going to put too much added pressure on myself. I want to play in the NHL, and after that [happens], I can worry about things beyond that.

  Sidney Crosby

  Hockey, Play, Worry

  4 Copy quote

• I remember what Ron Greschner said when he retired. 'The thing I'm going to miss most is showering with 23 guys.' And that's what it's all about: camaraderie.

  Mike Richter

  Guy, Missing, Remember

  6 Copy quote

• If I play badly I'll pick a fight in the third, just to get into a fight. I'll break a guy's leg to win, I don't care. Afterward I say, 'Yeah all right I played badly, but I won the fight so who gives a damn.

  Derek Sanderson

  Fighting, Winning, Play

  14 Copy quote

• I had to pinch myself seeing the grassy knoll and the book suppository building.

  Trevor Linden

  Book, Building, Seeing

  4 Copy quote

• 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, Hockey

  91 Copy quote

• I'm 100 percent sure this is it. I know that I'll never play in the NHL again. It's not a hard decision. I think the hardest thing is you get a little emotional talking about your family. I couldn't have played any longer than I did and I accomplished what I wanted to.

  Chris Chelios

  Emotional, Thinking, Talking

  7 Copy quote