Puck Quotes

• Arrive at the net with the puck and in ill humor.

  Fred Shero

  Hockey, Nhl, Ill

  "Hockey Shorts" by Glenn Liebman, September 1, 1996.

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• A puck is a hard rubber disk that hockey players strike when they can't hit one another.

  Jimmy Cannon

  Hockey, Player, Rubber

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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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  A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Sports, Athlete, Hockey

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• Discoveries cannot be planned, they pop up, like Puck, in unexpected corners

  Max Perutz

  Discovery, Unexpected, Pops

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• Most players go where the puck is. I go where the puck will be.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Player

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• We found out tonight how important and how crucial momentum swings can be. I thought we were playing very well. We were doing a lot of positive things but then we lost the puck two times in our zone and things swung their way. You can't afford to give teams momentum.

  Saku Koivu

  Team, Swings, Two

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• When I'm able to see the ice ahead of time when I get the puck, I'm able to make some pretty good plays.

  Mario Lemieux

  Sports, Hockey, Ice

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• We take the shortest route to the puck and arrive in ill humor.

  Bobby Clarke

  Sports, Hockey, Nhl

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• I like ice hockey, but it's a frustrating game to watch. It's hard to keep your eyes on both the puck and the players and too much time passes between scoring in hockey. There are usually more fights than there are points.

  Andy Rooney

  Eye, Fighting, Hockey

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• If we shadows have offended, Think but this, and all is mended, That you have but slumbered here While these visions did appear. And this weak and idle theme, No more yielding but a dream, Gentles, do not reprehend: If you pardon, we will mend: And, as I am an honest Puck, If we have unearned luck Now to 'scape the serpent's tongue, We will make amends ere long; Else the Puck a liar call; So, good night unto you all. Give me your hands, if we be friends, And Robin shall restore amends.

  William Shakespeare

  Good Night, Dream, Liars

  'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (1595-6) act 5, sc. 2, l. 54

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• The kids wait for it to be organized. They want to go play all of these tournaments, for a little practice time. I learned my skills by dropping the puck just with the kids. I think that's missing today.

  Bobby Orr

  Sports, Kids, Thinking

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• I think the idea of the obstruction through the neutral zone and away from the puck was an excellent rule.

  Mark Messier

  Sports, Thinking, Ideas

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• There are a lot more shots coming at the net and guys are just shooting it at the net because they have more time and pucks are going in off legs and feet and shoulders and heads, so you might have to play out a little further on the shot and hope it hits you.

  Ed Belfour

  Sports, Play, Feet

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• There's an old Wayne Gretzky quote that I love. 'I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.' And we've always tried to do that at Apple. Since the very, very beginning. And we always will.

  Steve Jobs

  Apples, Wayne, Gretzky

  Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.72, Prabhat Prakashan

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• In Russia, we had tough times. Only one puck, I always wanted the puck, so I learn how to keep it and make space and get puck when other guy has it.

  Pavel Datsyuk

  Space, Russia, Tough Times

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• People talk about skating, puck handling and shooting, but the whole sport is angles and caroms, forgetting the straight direction the puck is going, calculating where it will be directed, factoring in all the interruptions. Basically, my whole game is angles.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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• It's tough, it's not the scenario that we wanted for sure. I thought our desperation was there, we worked hard, but it was one game, a lot can happen, they're a good team, and unfortunately we didn't win. We had some bad bounces, and in one game those make a big difference, and unfortunately it didn't go our way. But if we play hard like that, we play desperate like that and control the puck the way we did down low, I like our chances against any team.

  Sidney Crosby

  Team, Hockey, Winning

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• In Detroit, Ned [Harkness] kept talking about a new concept, and when I'd ask him what he meant he never gave me the right answer. Now, take Bobby Hull. Give him a puck, a stick and a pair of skates and put him on your team. Do you need a new concept?

  Frank Mahovlich

  Team, Talking, Giving

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• Goalies often react quickly to shots with no regard for what might happen to their body because we are trained to stop pucks first and ask questions later.

  Martin Brodeur

  Goalies, Body, Might

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• Don't go where the puck's been; go where it's gonna be

  Kevin Smith

  Kevin Smith (2012). “Tough Sh*t Deluxe: Life Advice from a Fat, Lazy Slob Who Did Good”, p.103, Penguin

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• You ignorant little rodent! This isn't just an old book. This is the book of Everafter." "Sorry, I haven't read it. I'm waiting for the movie," Puck said.

  Michael Buckley

  Sorry, Book, Waiting

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• When I was a kid, everyone called me crazy for playing goal, but they were the ones chasing after the puck while I just let it come to me.

  Ron Tugnutt

  Crazy, Kids, Goal

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• You can't be happy, taking away something I've worked on all my life to do and help my teammates and help my defense, ... It's just part of me, playing the puck. So, definitely, you can't be happy.

  Martin Brodeur

  Defense, Teammate, Helping

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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, Hockey, Skills

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