Nhl Quotes - Page 7

• If you jump out of a plane without a parachute, does that make you brave? No, I think that makes you stupid. I will never play without the mask again.

  Jacques Plante

  Stupid, Thinking, Play

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• If I had to pick three players to start a franchise, I'd choose Hasek, Peter Forsberg and Eric Lindros.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Player, Eric, Three

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• I got a lot of grief from my teammates about that. It might backfire on my mom. Hopefully, my brother will have another chance somewhere down the road.

  Scott Niedermayer

  Mom, Brother, Grief

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• I don't want to talk about today's market anymore because nobody can make sense of what the market is. It's all over the map. There's a bunch of lunatics out there throwing money away. I'm sick and tired of it. It's lunacy. Punch me in the head and tell me I'm stupid, but that's the way I feel. There's no sense to it anymore.

  Kevin Lowe

  Stupid, Tired, Sick

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• It's nice to be able to support programs like 5 Hole Threads' in our communities to keep more kids involved in sports. The Life lessons that are learned from being a teammate are so valuable. All kids deserve the chance to experience that.

  Dan Ellis

  Sports, Nice, Life Lesson

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• To me, Kane's always been a good guy, a good teammate. I think now he's got a girlfriend. You can tell, he's 24, turning 25, he's not 18 or 19 anymore. It's kind of fun seeing him and Toews get a little bit older, have girlfriends. They're starting to stay in on a Friday night, watch a movie instead.

  Duncan Keith

  Friday, Girlfriend, Fun

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• I think maybe our team was too young and stupid to even know what was going on.

  Patrick Kane

  Team, Stupid, Thinking

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• I've been fortunate. I've had no residual effects whatsoever. I got out just in time.

  Pat LaFontaine

  Concussions, Residual, Effects

  Sport Illustrated Interview, www.si.com. November 29, 2004.

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• We can no longer ignore the stupidity of the hits that are still happening today despite the fact that the players know the concussion aspect is such a big part of the game and sports in general.

  Jeremy Roenick

  Sports, Player, Games

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• It was the kind of light blow that is exchanged without notice or consequence hundreds of times in a game.

  Ken Dryden

  Blow, Light, Games

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• It didn't feel like it was anything too major, but if you had to look at one hit that would be it.

  Sidney Crosby

  Would Be, Looks, Concussions

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• Matt Cooke may be the worst fighter in the history of the National Hockey League.

  Dave Nonis

  Hockey, League, May

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• Girls, where are you? I can't find you.

  Alexander Ovechkin

  Girl, Hockey, I Can

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

  Gary Bettman

  Hockey, Priorities, Canada

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• Hockey would be a great game... if played in the mud.

  Jimmy Cannon

  Hockey, Games, Mud

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• 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.

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• When we've got the puck, they can't score.

  Paul Coffey

  Hockey, Puck, Score

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• 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

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• It seems like yesterday I was up there watching my first NHL game, and I was skating on the ice this time. It brings back memories, but at the same time it's something I'll remember forever.

  Sidney Crosby

  Memories, Ice, Games

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