Great Hockey Quotes

• 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.

  Stephen Leacock

  Hockey, Winter, Nhl

  21 Copy quote

• 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.

  Paul Coffey

  Pride, Hockey, Nhl

  37 Copy quote

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

  Eric Lindros

  Hockey, Practice, Effort

  23 Copy quote

• Yeah, I'm cocky and I am arrogant. But that doesn't mean I'm not a nice person.

  Jeremy Roenick

  Nice, Cocky, Mean

  10 Copy quote

• 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.

  Steve Rushin

  Hockey, Nhl, Style

  47 Copy quote

• You don't have enough talent to win on talent alone.

  Herb Brooks

  Inspirational, Motivational, Hockey

  43 Copy quote

• Half the game is mental, the other half is being mental.

  Jim McKenny

  Inspirational, Hockey, Nhl

  55 Copy quote

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

  Bobby Clarke

  Sports, Hockey, Nhl

  9 Copy quote

• Playing goal is like being shot at.

  Jacques Plante

  Hockey, Nhl, Goal

  12 Copy quote

• If you've only got one day to live, come see the Toronto Maple Leafs. It'll seem like forever.

  Pat LaFontaine

  Hockey, Nhl, Forever

  7 Copy quote

• It's not whether you win or lose - but whether I win or lose.

  Sandy Lyle

  Sports, Funny Inspirational, Golf

  29 Copy quote

• It takes brains. It's not like a forward, where you can get away with scoring and not play defense. On defense you have to be thinking.

  Chris Chelios

  Hockey, Thinking, Nhl

  49 Copy quote

• My teeth weren't that good to begin with, so hopefully I can get some better ones.

  Duncan Keith

  Hockey, Nhl, Teeth

  22 Copy quote

• When I look at the net I don't see a goalie.

  Pavel Bure

  Hockey, Focus, Looks

  52 Copy quote

• Call them pros, call them mercenaries - but in fact they are just grown - up kids who have learned on the frozen creek or flooded corner lot that hockey is the greatest thrill of all.

  Lester Patrick

  Kids, Hockey, Nhl

  7 Copy quote

• The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.

  Joe Paterno

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  73 Copy quote

• 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

  7 Copy quote

• The only way you can check Gretzky is to hit him when he is standing still singing the national anthem.

  Harry Sinden

  Hockey, Nhl, Singing

  16 Copy quote

• 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

  17 Copy quote

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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

  45 Copy quote

• Ice hockey is a form of disorderly conduct in which the score is kept.

  Doug Larson

  Hockey, Nhl, Ice

  8 Copy quote

• 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

  47 Copy quote

• How would you like a job where, if you made a mistake, a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo?

  Jacques Plante

  Jobs, Mistake, Hockey

  14 Copy quote

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

  Jimmy Cannon

  Hockey, Player, Puck

  10 Copy quote

• The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Motivational, Sports, Dog

  138 Copy quote