Quotes about Hockey

Hockey is the only job I know where you get paid to have a nap on the day of the game. Votes: 5

Every day is a great day for hockey. Votes: 4

All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity. Votes: 4

Hockey would be a great game... if played in the mud. Votes: 4

Hockey is a tough, physical game, and it always should be. Votes: 4

I went to a fight the other night, and a hockey game broke out. Votes: 4

Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the body with dental records. Votes: 4

A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be. Votes: 4

Hockey is a sport for white men. Basketball is a sport for black men. Golf is a sport for white men dressed like black pimps. Votes: 4

Hockey s a funny game. You have to prove yourself every shift, every game. It's not up to anybody else. You have to take pride in yourself. Votes: 4

Hockey captures the essence of Canadian experience in the New World. In a land so inescapably and inhospitably cold, hockey is the chance of life, and an affirmation that despite the deathly chill of winter we are alive. Votes: 4

Hockey seems completely lawless and, therefore, inexplicably sexy. Votes: 3

Hockey is not a sport - it's a disease. Votes: 3

Hockey is my life. I love every minute of it. Votes: 3

Hockey is the only thing that I'm not good at that I love. Votes: 3

Matt Cooke may be the worst fighter in the history of the National Hockey League. Votes: 3

Hockey is the only place where a guy can go nowadays and watch two white guys fight. Votes: 3

Hockey is my life and money is money. If you think about money, you stop playing hockey. Votes: 3

Hockey is like a religion in Montreal. You're either a saint or a sinner; there's no in-between. Votes: 3

Hockey is my favorite because I'm from Michigan. I used to figure-skate and root for the Red Wings. Votes: 3

Hockey is my life, you know. If I do not play hockey, I do not know what I do. Votes: 3

Hockey has given me everything, most importantly it brought me to Swift Current, where I met my wife Deb. Votes: 3

Hockey is a fast, body-contact game played by men with clubs in their hands and knives laced to their feet. Votes: 3

Hockey is its own game. It's completely different than all the other games, although it's getting way too close to soccer. Votes: 3

Basketball isn't as popular in Canada as it is in the US. Hockey is by far the most popular sport in Canada. Votes: 3

Hockey should have some appeal. It's a good game in that is full of action, very quick, and it can be high-scoring. Votes: 3

Hockey on roller skates is like MMA in a bounce house: the elements are there, but the medium makes the whole thing ridiculous. Votes: 3

Hockey is our big sport, and if you fight in hockey you get five minutes for it, that's it. So in Canada, everyone is fighting. Votes: 3

Hockey is a unique sport in the sense that you need each and every guy helping each other and pulling in the same direction to be successful. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

Hockey belongs to the Cartoon Network, where a person can be pancaked by an ACME anvil, then expanded - accordion-style - back to full stature, without any lasting side effect. Votes: 3

I had a lot of fun in those days. It was a great experience being in the Eastern Hockey League for the simple reason that you did not have a staff. Votes: 3

First of all, it's a curse. Voodoo. As soon as a guy gets put on the cover of The Hockey News, it's like Sports Illustrated. He goes right into the tank. Votes: 3

Hockey is probably one of the most expensive sports. You have to have a place to play. You have to have the proper equipment. You have to have the transportation to get there. Votes: 3

In terms of soccer, it wasn't really a thing that girls did. In England it more kind of Net Ball and Hockey and stuff like that in athletics. It's to each their own, really. Votes: 3

I feel honored and privileged to have represented the USA program over the past 16 years. USA Hockey will always be a part of me and I will cherish the experiences and memories with this team. Votes: 3

A corner of his mouth quirked up. “I play pool. Shoot hoops sometimes too. Any other sport you’re curious about?” “Hockey? Polo?” “Simultaneously. Trick is to keep the horses on their skates. Votes: 3

Hockey is an art. It requires speed, precision, and strength like other sports, but it also demands an extraordinary intelligence to develop a logical sequence of movements, a technique which is smooth, graceful and in rhythm with the rest of the game. Votes: 3

Hockey is a tough game. With all the talk and everything that's going on right now, it frightens me a little bit that we are giving our players an excuse not to hit. I just hope that we don't take that out of our game at the pro level. Votes: 3

Hockey's my favorite sport. Votes: 2

Pizza! Hockey! Destroy!" -Cal Votes: 2

Hockey is a tough game. Votes: 2

I'm not dumb enough to be a goalie. Votes: 2

When we've got the puck, they can't score. Votes: 2

Hockey,' mused Marcus. 'The sport of kings. Votes: 2

When I look at the net I don't see a goalie. Votes: 2

Half the game is mental, the other half is being mental. Votes: 2

Ninety percent of hockey is mental and the other half is physical. Votes: 2

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them. Votes: 2

We take the shortest route to the puck and arrive in ill humor. Votes: 2

He was yelling pretty urgently. There's different pitches of yell and he was screaming. Votes: 2

I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been. Votes: 2

That's so when I forget how to spell my name, I can still find my (expletive) clothes. Votes: 2

It's not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it's what you put into the practice. Votes: 2

The only difference between this and Custer's last stand was that Custer didn't have to look at the tape afterward. Votes: 2

You see a hockey player, you'd never know he's a professional athlete. But you put the skates on him, and he becomes a beast. Votes: 2

When it comes to hockey, it's been in my blood since I was 3 or 4 years old. I love coaching the kids, especially at that level. Votes: 2

I was sporty in high school. I played tennis and hockey, and was basketball captain. Then I went to university and stopped doing sport and started eating ice cream. Votes: 2

Goals live on the other side of obstacles and challenges. Be relentless in pursuit of those goals, especially in the face of obstacles. Along the way, make no excuses and place no blame. Votes: 2

That's the awesome part. Little girls now have a chance to look up and see women playing soccer, basketball, softball and now hockey - and know they can win a gold medal, too. Votes: 2

You find that you have peace of mind and can enjoy yourself, get more sleep, and rest when you know that it was a one hundred percent effort that you gave - win or lose. Votes: 2

It wasn't until I was at 39 that I joined my first real hockey team. Which was great. I scored a couple of goals here and there, but I wasn't the most graceful thing you've ever seen. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

In an individual sport, yes, you have to win titles. Baseball's different. But basketball, hockey? One person can control the tempo of a game, can completely alter the momentum of a series. There's a lot of great individual talent. Votes: 2

A series of rumors about my attitude, as well as derogatory remarks about myself and my family showed me that the personal resentment of the Detroit general manager toward me would make it impossible for me to continue playing hockey in Detroit. Votes: 2

I knew at a young age, whether I was playing baseball or hockey or lacrosse, that my teammates were counting on me, whether it be to strike the last batter out in a baseball game or score a big goal in a hockey game. Votes: 2

Whether you're trying to learn in hockey or trying to learn in life, I've always tried to be observant and tried to learn more, tried to evolve, whether it's as a hockey player or as a person. With each year, I try to do that. Votes: 2

We all know that the great memories of our childhood are the little triumphs - it doesn't really matter whether that was in writing, art, on the hockey field or on the football field. It's something that makes you feel - 'I can do this stuff.' Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

You need a lot of leaders, but a hockey team needs a voice, not only in the community, but more importantly between the coaching staff and the players. There are always ups and downs in a season; the captain is the guy players look to in those situations. Votes: 2

I don't like my hockey sticks touching other sticks, and I don't like them crossing one another, and I kind of have them hidden in the corner. I put baby powder on the ends. I think it's essentially a matter of taking care of what takes care of you. Votes: 2

The media has changed. We now give broadcast licenses to philosophies instead of people. People get confused and think there is no difference between news and entertainment. People who project themselves as journalists on television don't know the first thing about journalism. They are just there stirring up a hockey game. Votes: 2

Thank you for reminding Canada that I'm a disappointment to them. I like hockey, I love it, but I'm not an avid hockey - let's face it, true Canadian - fan. I've always been more into snowboarding and skateboarding and sort of the alternative sports, I'm not crazy about hockey - but love it! Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

I think as a Canadian hockey player, you go through it in your mind so many times, being able to stand on that blue line and hear your national anthem play and being a gold medal champion, you dream of that. And then to be able to accomplish that and actually win a gold medal and represent your country its an amazing feeling. Votes: 2

I don't know of any other organization that's raised more money than golf has, because if you are a baseball player, you're a football player, you're a hockey player, if you're just a businessman, and you want to raise some money for a charity, what do they do? They have a golf tournament. They have a golf outing, and they go out and they do it. Votes: 2

The biggest thing for me is the passion that I've always had for hockey. I remember growing up, no matter what I did in life, my parents always told me to try to do my best at it and be my best. I can say going through different things that that passion is the most important part. It's not skills or talent or any of that stuff. Votes: 2

I wasn't a jock in school, and by the 10th grade, when I was in boarding school I was carrying water buckets for the girls' hockey team. I was the kid with long hair and glasses and acne trying to learn how to play guitar and piano in the music center. I was not an athlete past the age of 13 or 14 when they start throwing the ball really fast. Votes: 2

I love everything about hockey. Votes: 0

Chess isn't football or hockey. Votes: 0

I'm an absolutely dreadful hockey player. Votes: 0

Its a great day for hockey Votes: 0

I never got really good at hockey. Votes: 0

I tried hockey, but it never stuck. Votes: 0

Monogamous musicians are like vegan hockey players. Votes: 0

I liked hockey, and I still like hockey. Votes: 0

Figure skaters have awful perceptions of hockey players. Votes: 0

Everything I did in hockey, I worked for. Votes: 0

People on the streets are ready for hockey. Votes: 0

Boxing is a more sophisticated form of hockey. Votes: 0

I'm just an average Canadian kid playing hockey. Votes: 0

Biologically, I'm 10. Chronologically, I'm 33. In hockey years, I'm 66. Votes: 0

There is no escalator to [hockey] success only steps. Votes: 0

It's been a good hockey life for me anyway. Votes: 0

Everybody whose anybody in hockey has played in Hershey. Votes: 0

I don't like hockey. I'm just good at it. Votes: 0

No, I grew up admiring people who played ice hockey. Votes: 0

I played ice hockey obsessively for 14 years of my life. Votes: 0

Canadian hockey players always find a way to get along. Votes: 0

I'm leaving the game of hockey with nothing but great memories. Votes: 0

I don't play hockey at all. I'm not comfortable on skates. Votes: 0

I am a pretty tough guy. I'm an old hockey player. Votes: 0

A hockey team is like a puzzle. Every piece is vital. Votes: 0

That hockey game will haunt me until the day I die. Votes: 0

I went to the fights, and a hockey game broke out. Votes: 0

I want to reward this city. Pittsburgh is a great hockey town. Votes: 0

Why doesn't the fattest man in the world become a hockey goalie? Votes: 0

Right now I like baseball, hockey and tennis players. And horseback riders. Votes: 0

It's really football, tennis, and golf that I watch other than hockey. Votes: 0

The greatest hockey player who ever lived: Bobby Orr, and I love him. Votes: 0

I'm a hockey fan; I watch hockey, and I listen to the news. Votes: 0

He's a gritty hockey player, he's got good vision, he's an intelligent player. Votes: 0

Ice hockey is the closest thing to religion permitted by the Soviet Union. Votes: 0

I love extreme sports, I like snowboarding and motorcross and rollerblading and hockey. Votes: 0

But the truth is, growing up in California, we knew nothing about hockey. Votes: 0

My wife likes the hockey smell because its the smell of a warrior. Votes: 0

By 1946, I knew Detroit was the best hockey city in the Original Six. Votes: 0

Let's make like a hockey player and get the puck out of here. Votes: 0

It's not only hockey, it's every sport. You know, it's a big event. Votes: 0

If I'm playing hockey, I want to win all the (trophies) I can. Votes: 0

For me, baseball is more comparable to chess than it is to hockey. Votes: 0

You can't play hockey with a bald spot, so I'm hanging up the skates. Votes: 0

The three important elements in hockey are: the forecheck, the backcheck and the paycheck. Votes: 0

I went to an all-girls private school, where we played field hockey and lacrosse. Votes: 0

Orr is the greatest young hockey player that's come along since I've been here. Votes: 0

Sometimes guys need to cry. Some hockey players think they're too tough to cry. Votes: 0

You can't just go outside and play hockey. It's more of an expensive sport. Votes: 0

If I weren't acting, I think I'd want to be a professional hockey player. Votes: 0

Ice hockey is a form of disorderly conduct in which the score is kept. Votes: 0

I played hockey in North Dakota growing up and watch a lot of that. Votes: 0

I'm so busy right now, it's the beginning of the hockey season for my kids. Votes: 0

I grew up in the Midwest, so we really didn't have much hockey going on. Votes: 0

When you think of hockey, when you think of Canada, you think of Wayne Gretzky. Votes: 0

People know me from a hockey game, from an earthquake, from the O.J case. Votes: 0

For as long as I can remember I wanted to be a professional hockey player. Votes: 0

When you think of Canada, you think of hockey and you think of Wayne Gretzky. Votes: 0

If I can be half the hockey player that Bobby Orr was, I'll be happy. Votes: 0

There were no women's players I knew of. I didn't even know women's hockey existed. Votes: 0

I was a multi-millionaire from playing hockey. Then I got divorced, and now I'm a millionaire. Votes: 0

People were so hockey-oriented, hockey-minded, without being too critical. In Montreal, they got downright nasty sometimes. Votes: 0

Wait'll next year! is the favorite cry of baseball fans, football fans, hockey fans, and gardeners. Votes: 0

It [Socialism] was a kind of political hockey played by big, gaunt, dyspeptic girls in pants. Votes: 0

You learn by playing a great team, and I'm talking about character things, not hockey technique. Votes: 0

What's the difference between a hockey mom and a mass turkey-murdering machine? Looks like about 15 feet. Votes: 0

And if I want to get involved in choosing sides, I usually pick hockey or football. Votes: 0

If you don't know how to play hockey, learn. If you quit, get back out there. Votes: 0

I can remember hockey. It was my life, my passion. It's what I love the most. Votes: 0

One of the great rules of hockey is: On the Stanley Cup, all germs are healthy. Votes: 0

But if kids take up things like hockey and football they will go back to it. Votes: 0

I played 15 years of hockey, and I got more injured doing two weeks of cheer camp. Votes: 0

My goal was to play in the NHL, because that is the best hockey in the world. Votes: 0

And people who know me would tell you that away from hockey I'm really not that competitive. Votes: 0

You have Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan... and Mario Lemieux. He's the best in hockey, in my opinion. Votes: 0

I love to play hockey. I'm a huge hockey fan and I love to play as well. Votes: 0

People would say, 'Girls don't play hockey. Girls don't skate.' I would say, 'Watch this.' Votes: 0

Canadian hockey fans... They boo me every time I go anywhere. Because I play for Team USA. Votes: 0

In a weird way, [hockey] is like church and therapy and exercise all rolled up into one. Votes: 0

A puck is a hard rubber disk that hockey players strike when they can't hit one another. Votes: 0

Sports like baseball, basketball, and hockey develop muscles. That's why Americans have the strongest eyes in the world. Votes: 0

Canadians send us great hockey players. You also send us wonderful performers, from the beginning, with Mary Pickford. Votes: 0

I'm not stereotypically Canadian. I don't really follow hockey. I don't feel like anything other than myself, basically. Votes: 0

[In hockey] I was a goon, just protecting the better players. I've always been a better baseball player. Votes: 0

I'm not a hockey fan, which is probably why I had to leave Canada in the first place. Votes: 0

The Canadian franchises and Canada as a market for NHL hockey has always been a priority for us. Votes: 0

I never looked at hockey as work. Now that I'd finished playing, I had to go to work. Votes: 0

Why do Canadians like to do it doggie style? So they can both keep watching the hockey game Votes: 0

I am for hockey. I find I should like to hit something with a stick. -Gemma Doyle Trilogy Votes: 0

I played basketball in high school, and I love watching sports - I'll watch everything except maybe hockey. Votes: 0

I grew up playing field hockey and lacrosse - prep school sport - and I was terrible at them. Votes: 0

Sometimes people ask, 'Are hockey fights real?' I say, 'If they weren't, I'd get in more of them. Votes: 0

The difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull: At some point, a pit bull does stop whining. Votes: 0

This fastest of all games [hockey] has become almost as much of a national svmbol as the maple leaf. Votes: 0

I always look forward to playing in Toronto because it's such a historic city when it comes to hockey. Votes: 0

Hopefully I can be a good light in the hockey world and promote faith as something that's really real. Votes: 0

It's only 60,000. It's not a big town. It's a big hockey town. Everybody plays hockey when you grow up. Votes: 0

After the hockey stick, Sardara Singh scores with the broom! A great effort by him towards a Swachh Bharat. Votes: 0

I'm back in Boston. I own an outdoor deck hockey rink, and I own a boxing gym here also. Votes: 0

Free agency screws everybody's allegiances up. Whether it be football, baseball, hockey, basketball, whatever it may be. It's really hard. Votes: 0

Lesbians, homosexuals, masochism, sadism are not perversions. Actually, there are only two perversions: hockey on grass and ballet on ice. Votes: 0

We're not only hockey players. A lot of guys have families and girlfriends. You can't just think about hockey 24-7. Votes: 0

We can make fun of hockey fans, but someone who enjoys Homer is indulging the same kind of vicarious bloodlust. Votes: 0

I watch a lot of hockey. There are some good hockey players and there are some awfully stupid hockey players. Votes: 0

Canada is a country where the serious writers are hockey fans and readers of comic books. They don't play chess. Votes: 0

I think the thing you always got to keep in mind, you know, hockey is a game of one-on-one battles. Votes: 0

I love Boston. I come here all the time and play pick-up ice hockey with friends in Concord and Bedford. Votes: 0

Goaltending is to hockey like putting is to golf. It really has no relationship to the rest of the game. Votes: 0

It's not a sport you get famous at. If I wanted to be famous, I would have stuck with hockey. Votes: 0

I wondered how a man ever got an English girl into bed. What did they do with her hockey stick? Votes: 0

I wish I were a character actor. Of course, if I played hockey without a mask, I could become one Votes: 0

I guess I lost a little bit of self-esteem that time that you made it with the whole hockey team. Votes: 0

Over the weekend, Vladimir Putin scored eight goals during a hockey game. It happened just after he had the goalie executed. Votes: 0

A player must be able to skate, have hockey sense, be able to shoot, but not necessarily be able to score. Votes: 0

There's more violence in one football game than there is in an entire hockey season, and nobody ever talks about that. Votes: 0

The hockey lockout of 1994 - 1995 has been settled. They have stopped bickering... and can now get down to some serious bloodshed! Votes: 0

Street hockey is great for kids. It's energetic, competitive, and skilful. And best of all, it keeps them off the street. Votes: 0

My parents are from the former Soviet Union, from Ukraine, and I grew up wanting to be a professional hockey player. Votes: 0

You do not play hockey for good seasons. You play to win the Stanley Cup. It has to be the objective. Votes: 0

Usually when I wielded a hockey stick, it meant somebody was going to get hurt. This is just a friendly match. Votes: 0

I like ice hockey. No one is ever going to ask me to write about that as a metaphor for life. Votes: 0

To me, hockey was always tremendous fun. That's what kept me going for so long. I simply love to play hockey. Votes: 0

An avowed homosexual, that would never be accepted in hockey - never! Because it's a milieu where everyone is often naked. Votes: 0

We don't want you at the rink, we don't want you in the stadium, we don't want you to watch hockey, Votes: 0

Heroes? Vietnam Vets are heroes. The guys who tried to rescuse our hostages in Iran are heroes. I'm just a hockey player. Votes: 0

Canada is a country whose main exports are hockey players and cold fronts. Our main imports are baseball players and acid rain. Votes: 0

I always wanted to be known as the girl who was good at hockey rather than the girl you see in magazines. Votes: 0

I wanted to play professional hockey, man. But when I acted, I thought, 'Well, okay, maybe I do have something here.' Votes: 0

Women are playing [hockey] because they love it, not because they’re trying to be a woman in a man’s game. Votes: 0

Rocket had that mean look on, every game we played. He was 100 percent hockey. He could hate with the best of them. Votes: 0

We can't play stupid hockey, dumb hockey, greedy hockey, selfish hockey. We have to put the team ahead of our personal feelings. Votes: 0

Baseball happens to be a game of cumulative tension but football, basketball and hockey are played with hand grenades and machine guns. Votes: 0

I love those hockey moms. You know what they say the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull is? Lipstick. Votes: 0

Field hockey is my strongest sport, and if I lose a game, I take a long, hot bath and moan about it. Votes: 0

Skating is big in Chicago. There's a lot of hockey; a lot of the boys play hockey. And figure skating is big. Votes: 0

I play hockey in a pickup league. I grew up playing, so it's nice to get on the ice whenever I can. Votes: 0

Or as hockey player Sergei Fedorov knows it, 'The day I can legally start telling everyone I am sleeping with Anna Kournikova.' Votes: 0

Certainly we're not satisfied with just winning games. We've been playing some pretty good hockey, but we think we can play much better. Votes: 0

The Dodgers. My favorite hockey team is the Kings. I like the Clippers in basketball. And I like USC college. Football, the Giants. Votes: 0

As a hockey player, playing for an Original Six team at Madison Square Garden, where it's packed every night, there's nothing like it. Votes: 0

They say atomic rad-i-ation can hurt your reproductive organs. My answer is, so can a hockey stick. But we don't stop building them. Votes: 0

Sources also confirm that there is no one left in Canada who can remember when hockey was a simple game, played for fun. Votes: 0

As a hockey player, playing for an Original Six team at Madison Square Garden, where its packed every night, theres nothing like it. Votes: 0

I play a position where you make mistakes. The only people that don't make them at a hockey game are the people watching. Votes: 0

I love hockey, and I don't love it for any other reason than when I get out there and play, I enjoy it. Votes: 0

I have a huge interest in hockey because I grew up in Canada, where it's kind of the law that you love hockey. Votes: 0

It was always so nice to step away from figure skating and school with hockey. To this day I'm still a huge fan. Votes: 0

I was just your average hockey mom, and signed up for the PTA because I wanted to make my kids' public education better. Votes: 0

I had a hockey puck and stick-the only ones in town. I definitely would have played hockey ahead of football, had it been available. Votes: 0

I was a hockey player growing up. Being a big guy and being imposing, I had to use my size to protect my teammates. Votes: 0

I used to play hockey when I was growing up. Everyone sort of learns how to skate and play hockey at an early age. Votes: 0

I admire Miken's exceptional engineering capabilities and was drawn to their passion for hockey and drive to be the best in all they do. Votes: 0

I've got a hockey record, I took off my skate and tried to stab a guy, I'm the only person who ever tried that. Votes: 0

It's true that in Canada, we pride ourselves on the game, and we like to think we're the dominant hockey nation in the world. Votes: 0

I've always had a passion for hockey, ... That's the key. You can't be putting in time. You have to enjoy doing what you do. Votes: 0

I just heard George W. Bush's new plan for airline security. From here on out, every plane will now have its own hockey dad. Votes: 0

Kids don't fight in minor hockey anymore. There's very few fights in junior and college hockey. So growing up, all these guys are not fighting. Votes: 0

The great thing about hockey players is that they are able to separate the on-ice from the off-ice and not let the latter distract them. Votes: 0

In Canada, for boys, your identity is built on hockey. It's your social position; it's everything. And I was the worst hockey player of Canada. Votes: 0

Before, baseball was something to do to get ready for the hockey season. Now, people look to play baseball, period. It's something you stick with. Votes: 0

One thing about this game: It's really frustrating. In hockey, if you team's losing, you can start a fight. You can get your frustrations out. Votes: 0

If people see North American hockey and they see violence and brutality and it's not so interesting, that sends a message too about your culture. Votes: 0

I was thrilled one year when I was younger when not only did my brothers get hockey sticks for Christmas - but I did too! Votes: 0

Before I was 14, I wanted to be a singer, an actor, or a hockey player. By 15, I knew I was going to be a singer. Votes: 0

I mean, I went to a Catholic boys' school for a year, but that was to play hockey. Religion class was quite contentious for me. Votes: 0

I would be surprised if there weren't some owners who didn't want to get a deal done right now and get back to playing hockey. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

It was a fun ride. I've enjoyed my time on the ice and I've enjoyed more and more people getting interested in the game of hockey. Votes: 0

I saw a hockey game where they threw the puck aside and just started fighting. I saw that, and I'm like, 'So I'm the thug?' Votes: 0

I still play hockey every now and then, and I still golf. But my biggest exercise is walking my big dog in the park every day. Votes: 0

I have been practising since I was 4 or 5 years old, but that wasn't really practice. I was just having fun.... I just loved to play hockey. Votes: 0

I wasn't naturally gifted in terms of size and speed; everything I did in hockey I worked for, and that's the way I'll be as a coach. Votes: 0

Never mind what makes Canada's constitution so special. Probably something to do with hockey, or the inalienable right to poutine, or securing the blessings of Rick Moranis. Votes: 0

Never mind what makes Canadas constitution so special. Probably something to do with hockey, or the inalienable right to poutine, or securing the blessings of Rick Moranis. Votes: 0

I wasn't scared (during his first at-bat). I just told them (Mo Vaughn & Kevin Mitchell') to give me all that hockey equipment (forearm pad & shin guard respectively). Votes: 0

The English play hockey in any weather. Thunder, lightening, plague of locusts...nothing can stop the hockey. Do not fight the hockey, for the hockey will win. Votes: 0

I don't mind a little blood on the ice when it's a hockey rink, but I hate seeing blood on the ice when it's from baby seals. Votes: 0

After I started to understand the spiritual dimension of life, I understood the responsibilities you have as a husband, a father, a friend and a hockey player. Votes: 0

The place was always cold, and I got the feeling that the fans would have enjoyed baseball more if it had been played with a hockey puck. Votes: 0

I grew up such a fan. It was my life. Everything I did was hockey related and everything I have is because of hockey and the NHL. Votes: 0

I'm probably the only guy in hockey who can win a scoring title and everybody is saying I had a bad year. I don't worry about it. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

When I was a kid, I remember playing hockey outside and whenever you did, you thought about playing for Finland vs. Sweden. That's just the way it was. Votes: 0

I love my hockey, but if you can do that and go home and just be a dad and husband, then you have the best of both worlds. Votes: 0

I think whenever anyone asked me why I wanted to be a hockey player, that's where it all started, watching the Winnipeg Jets play as a young kid. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Toronto was a great place to work, a fun place to work. People were so hockey-oriented, hockey-minded, without being too critical. In Montreal, they got downright nasty sometimes. Votes: 0

Cycling isn't a game, it's a sport. Tough, hard and unpitying, and it requires great sacrifices. One plays football, or tennis, or hockey. One doesn't play at cycling. Votes: 0

In the U.S., coaches could be the father next door. They had no formal training. They're like old hockey players. They don't go to school and study. Votes: 0

I grew up in Michigan, so I played hockey, football and basketball. I played a little bit of lacrosse, too. My brother played more lacrosse and ran track. Votes: 0

When I was a kid, I remember playing hockey outside and whenever you did, you thought about playing for Finland vs. Sweden. Thats just the way it was. Votes: 0

I tried all kinds of sports when I was a kid, like soccer and tennis and golf, and, in fact, started skating to be able to play hockey. Votes: 0

You watch a hockey game, and the hand-eye coordination and the speed is really miraculous; how those guys track the puck alone, just following it with their eyes. Votes: 0

Personally I don't believe in standing on the ice, or jamming the blueline, waiting. I have always told my players that hockey has to be played on your toes. Votes: 0

I am addicted to hockey now. I've seen it on TV, but to be there? I had no idea that white people were having so much fun without me. Votes: 0

The skill set for hockey is so specific to skating and if you haven't been skating as a kid it's impossible to play - and I wasn't a skater. Votes: 0

I found my prince - he's a hockey player and we met at an NHL event, the last place I'd ever expect to meet someone, but there he was. Votes: 0

I can't remember the last time I went to a game and there was a fight. I think they fight more in baseball now than they do in hockey. Votes: 0

My job is to suggest and ratify and use any expertise that I might have gained over the 23 years in professional hockey to make our game a better game. Votes: 0

I started ice-skating when I was about 12 or 13 and I was selected in the Australian team for ice hockey. I met my wife at St Moritz Ice Skating about 1955. Votes: 0

Playing hockey, there were a lot of guys bigger than me, so I knew I was going to get hit and have to deal with it. Gotta hit back. Votes: 0

Drama is played at the pace of chess... or billiards... or poker. Engrossing? Sure. But comedy is played at the jubilant, high-octane speed of sports like basketball or hockey. Votes: 0

My nose remembers more than my eyes. The sharp oily smell of eucalyptus combines with afternoon dust from the hockey field. But my heart feels the different then and now. Votes: 0

I think now what you're seeing is guys that are in the peaks of their careers anywhere from 27 to 35 years old, seems to be when they play their best hockey. Votes: 0

I belong to an improv group, I play cello, I have these phases - fencing, tae kwon do, baseball, ice hockey, boogie boarding in the summer, snowboarding in the winter. Votes: 0

I used to practice at the hockey ground on synthetic surface while I was in the sports hostel, so Test cricket is certainly going to be a challenge for me. Votes: 0

When I walk down the street in New York, I swear to God, the building constructor, the guy pounding cement and what not, will yell, 'Hey, you hockey puck!' Votes: 0

Playoff hockey is the best way to market your team. It's the best way to grow your fan base and give hope to your players and for them to develop. Votes: 0

I think I'm a mama's boy who wanted to be a hockey player, who failed, and had to become a singer. I think that I'm a generous, impatient, kind, jerk. Votes: 0

I create, for whatever reason, a busy schedule, but I watch hockey, all the games, either on the PC or TV. The world is now HD, and this is very good. Votes: 0

We know that hockey is where we live, where we can best meet and overcome pain and wrong and death. Life is just a place where we spend time between games. Votes: 0

Nobody gives a crap about hockey down here - nobody. I coach kids' hockey down here and you can start to see the disinterest in the game here with the kids Votes: 0

You can't get big in hockey. You need to be pliable... they've even taken fighting out of the game, so there's no more of those big huge guys who just fight. Votes: 0

Nobody gives a crap about hockey down here - nobody. I coach kids' hockey down here and you can start to see the disinterest in the game here with the kids. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

If you're dating the quarterback and then you go out with the hockey player, you just go to the hockey games. I don't think I'll still go to the football games. Votes: 0

Football can stand parity better than any of the other sports, I think. Baseball, basketball and hockey need a defining team, in essence to frame the season. Football? Not so much. Votes: 0

The trouble is that the hockey stick graph become an icon and deniers reckoned if they could smash the icon, the whole concept of global warming would be destroyed with it. Votes: 0

I always wanted to play ice hockey back in Australia, I'm not sure why, but we didn't have any ice where I lived. It was very hot - a coastal town. Votes: 0

I don't think you can really expect to win a hockey game giving up three power-play goals. In reality, you cant give up those and that's the difference in the hockey game. Votes: 0

Scary is time passing and sickness and dying and regret and isolation and loneliness and relationship problems - as opposed to a guy in a hockey mask, which didn't seem that scary. Votes: 0

I graduated early from high school, but up until I graduated, I was playing high school hockey. I really enjoy hockey. That's definitely what I do on my days off, for sure. Votes: 0

People ask if I regret not winning a Stanley Cup, but winning the series against the Soviet Union was the best. It was the greatest experience of my hockey career by far. Votes: 0

When I was shooting Drive Me Crazy, I wanted to go out with the rest of the cast and stay up late and play air hockey. I just wanted to have fun. Votes: 0

Many managers feel, somewhat cynically, that people are being paid to do their jobs and that's that. This attitude reflects an insensitivity to people that is a trademark of many hockey-style managers. Votes: 0

I also developed an interest in sports, and played in informal games at a nearby school yard where the neighborhood children met to play touch football, baseball, basketball and occasionally, ice hockey. Votes: 0

People who wave digital cameras at shows are the same people who sit in front of you at hockey games and wear those giant foam-rubber fingers that say, We're number one!' Votes: 0

Minor sports in the community is fun and recreation for everyone, not just the elite. I think back to my days in minor hockey and those are my fondest memories, having fun. Votes: 0

Basketball, hockey and track meets are action heaped upon action, climax upon climax, until the onlooker's responses become deadened. Baseball is for the leisurely afternoons of summer and for the unchanging dreams. Votes: 0

If somebody asked me to come up with a mental image of my hockey career, there is absolutely no doubt I would be wearing the uniform of the Vancouver Canucks in it. Votes: 0

Like I said, a 30-year-old hockey player, even when I came to New York when I was 30, I was on the downside of my career, pretty much the end of my career. Votes: 0

Coming to another hockey Mecca like Toronto makes you a better coach. I want to have fun again. I want to make it fun for everybody, and it's fun when you win. Votes: 0

I don't want to get into being too hockey centered, but I just felt like the late 70's and 80's into the 90's was the right time period to tell the story. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I still love hockey. It's just I'm at a different stage of my life and I think I'm just ready to grow in other ways outside of just being a hockey player. Votes: 0

I'm always working out; I did ice hockey in high school, but I'm not a dance person. I mean, this was horrible, but I had a dance double in my high-school musical. Votes: 0

As a kid in New Zealand, you play cricket in summer and rugby in winter. I played cricket and hockey. Not rugby. I wasn't brawny enough for it. Or silly enough, perhaps. Votes: 0

4chan's culture is unique and spreads and draws people in like no other. It's also important to realize that 4chan wasn't some overnight success, and there was never 'hockey stick' - like growth. Votes: 0

I love both sports, but the deciding factor was, being a left-handed pitcher, I had a huge advantage in baseball because of that, and I didn't have that type of advantage in hockey. Votes: 0

My wife tells me one day, 'I think you love baseball more than me.' I say, 'Well, I guess that's true, but hey, I love you more than football and hockey.' Votes: 0

I wear whatever makes me comfortable on stage, so that I feel confident. Some days it's a plaid skirt with a button-up and other days it's jeans with a hockey jersey and platforms. Votes: 0

I was 19 years old, pumping gas and going nowhere. I was kind of a high school dropout at that point because I had left school to play hockey, but no one drafted me. Votes: 0

Of course, my family has been a big reason for me to come back, especially my son who loves the game of hockey - he was a big reason for me coming back. Votes: 0

Not to mention our former tag team champions lost their titles after my good friend Christian was hit in the genitals with a hockey stick by a midgit! I mean enough is enough Votes: 0

Probably the biggest thing that surprises people is that I am obsessed with hockey. I grew up in the Boston area so I am obsessed with hockey since I was a little kid. Votes: 0

I wanted to be a hockey player. Where I grew up, the basketball courts were rarely used. I was terrible in school and actually said, 'I'm going to be a hockey player.' Votes: 0

It's odd, that's why I don't like telling people I played field hockey. It's real big in Australia for guys. But I say I played in America, and everybody goes, 'Oh, you girl!' Votes: 0

When you lose the shootout, you feel like you lost the hockey game, ... But we didn't lose the hockey game. We lost a point and they gained a point. That's the reality of it. Votes: 0

I used to collect hockey cards. It was like Vegas at my school. You'd go to school with your box of cards, and at recess and lunchtime there were all these games we'd play. Votes: 0

The worst part about the job is the travel, which takes you away from family and friends and important dates and hockey games and tournaments that your kids are in and things like that. Votes: 0

I'm an avid hockey fan and I've been playing for about 17 years, and somebody recently told me that the first organized hockey teams in Canada were all black. Telling those stories would be cool. Votes: 0

Baseball can have its perfect dimensions, its undeniable drama, but hockey, for all its wrongs, still has the potential to deliver a momentary, flashing magic that is found in no other game we play. Votes: 0

But inside of me I knew that the Olympics were still there. I was still young enough. I knew that once I transitioned out of hockey, it would be really hard to go back. Votes: 0

I went from junior hockey to the World Junior Championships to the combine and the draft, to the Blackhawks camp, and then a full NHL season and then the World Championships. At nineteen, that's exhausting. Votes: 0

I don't know where the loyalty lies in baseball. You really don't have to protect each other much, unless there's like a bench-clearing brawl. In hockey, it's important that they look out for each other. Votes: 0

I coach hockey players"”some of them just happen to be girls. When I'm coaching youth hockey, I put the boys and girls together and they can't tell the difference. They are just playing hockey. Votes: 0

I don't know where the loyalty lies in baseball. You really don't have to protect each other much, unless there's like a bench-clearing brawl. In hockey, it's important that they look out for each other. Votes: 0

If Colleen Howe had been a hockey player, she would have been a centremen. I can see her as a centreman because you can do what you want and go wherever you want to go. Votes: 0

We believe in the wisdom once expressed by the hockey star Wayne Gretzky, who explained his success by saying, 'I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.' Votes: 0

In the old days, that was my ad-lib for hecklers in the joints I worked. It stuck with me. I hardly say it now, say, to fans, even though people do send me hockey pucks. Votes: 0