Hockey Quotes

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  All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity.

  Gordie Howe

  Sports, Player, Nhl

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

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

  89 Copy quote

• Talent is a gift, but you can only succeed with hard work.

  Jean Beliveau

  Success, Work, Succeed

  71 Copy quote
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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, Player

  141 Copy quote

• Great moments are born from great opportunities.

  Herb Brooks

  Inspirational, Sports, Opportunity

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Paul Coffey

  Nhl, Puck, Score

  9 Copy quote

• Every day is a great day for hockey.

  Mario Lemieux

  Inspirational, Motivational, Nhl

  70 Copy quote

• By 1946, I knew Detroit was the best hockey city in the Original Six.

  Ted Lindsay

  Cities, Detroit, Six

  11 Copy quote

• You don't win by being good. You win with hard work and sacrifice. Without that, skill is just potential.

  Bobby Orr

  Motivational, Sports, Work

  Bobby Orr (2013). “Orr: My Story”, p.78, Penguin

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

  Gordie Howe

  Thinking, Nhl

  19 Copy quote

• Because the demands on the goalie are mostly mental, it means that for a goalie the biggest enemy is himself. Not a puck, not a opponent, not a quirk of size or style. The stress and anxiety he feels when he plays, the fear of failing, the fear of being embarrassed, the fear of being physically hurt, all symptoms of his position, in constant ebb and flow, but never disappearing. The successful goalie understands these neuroses, accept them, and put them under control. The unsuccessful goalie is distracted by them, his mind in knots. His body quickly follows.

  Ken Dryden

  Hurt, Stress, Mean

  47 Copy quote

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

  Pat LaFontaine

  Nhl, Forever, One Day

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

  Jim McKenny

  Inspirational, Nhl, Games

  54 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, Nhl, Games

  37 Copy quote

• High sticking, tripping, slashing, spearing, charging, hooking, fighting, unsportsmanlike conduct, interference, roughing......everything else is just figure skating.

  Scotty Bowman

  Funny, Fighting, Skating

  56 Copy quote

• I don't order fries with my club sandwich.

  Mario Lemieux

  Order, Nhl, Sandwiches

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

  Paul Gallico

  Motivational, Men, Games

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

  Bobby Clarke

  Sports, Nhl, Puck

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• By the age of 18, the average American has witnessed 200,000 acts of violence on television, most of them occurring during Game 1 of an NHL playoff series.

  Steve Rushin

  Nhl, Games, Average

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

  Bob Plager

  Funny, Player, Numbers

  47 Copy quote

• We get nose jobs all the time in the NHL, and we don't even have to go to the hospital.

  Brad Park

  Jobs, Nhl, Noses

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• 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, Light

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• 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

  Winter, Nhl, Land

  20 Copy quote

• I'm not dumb enough to be a goalie.

  Brett Hull

  Sports, Nhl, Dumb

  49 Copy quote