Hockey Quotes - Page 26

• No, I grew up admiring people who played ice hockey.

  Liev Schreiber

  Ice, People, Grew Up

  "Liev Schreiber On ‘Goon,’ Ice Hockey And Naomi Watts". Interview with Nicki Gostin, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 30, 2012.

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• Maybe they should go back to wooden sticks.

  Ondrej Pavelec

  Nhl, Sticks, Should

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• I love everything about hockey.

  Wayne Gretzky

  "Wayne Gretzky on the love of his life". Interview with Jonathon Gatehouse, www.macleans.ca. October 6, 2016.

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

  Alexander Gordon Smith

  Player, Puck, Hockey Player

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• You know, when you think about it, that’s kind of a weird thing. I mean it’s meant to be sympathetic, right? But it’s kind of not. Like you’re telling the person there’s nothing unique about what they’re saying I considered this as a couple of kids on Rollerblades whizzed past, hockey sticks over their shoulders. “Yeah,” I said, finally, “but you could also look at it the other way. Like no matter how bad things are for you, I can still relate.

  Sarah Dessen

  Couple, Mean, Kids

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• 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.

  Devon Monk

  Sports, Horse, Play

  Devon Monk (2010). “Magic on the Storm: An Allie Beckstrom Novel”, p.60, Penguin

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• I like other sports, too, including skiing and swimming, and I am learning to play ice hockey now. But judo is definitely part of my life, a very big part, and I am glad that judo was the first sport I took up and that I have practiced it regularly and seriously. I am also grateful to Japan for this.

  Vladimir Putin

  Sports, Grateful, Swimming

  Source: www.rt.com

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• The English play hockey in any weather. Thunder, lightning, plague of locusts... nothing can stop the hockey. Do not fight the hockey, for the hockey will win.

  Maureen Johnson

  Fighting, Winning, Play

  "The Name of the Star (The Shades of London)". Book by Maureen Johnson, September 29, 2011.

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• 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.

  Don Rickles

  People, Fans, Hecklers

  Source: glamorosi.blogspot.com

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• 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.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Baseball, Fighting, Thinking

  "Wayne Gretzky on the love of his life". Interview with Jonathon Gatehouse, www.macleans.ca. October 6, 2016.

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• Hockey is my life. I love every minute of it.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Minutes

  "Wayne Gretzky on the love of his life". Interview with Jonathon Gatehouse, www.macleans.ca. October 6, 2016.

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• None of us is as smart as all of us.

  Ken Blanchard

  Inspirational, Leadership, Teamwork

  Twitter post from Dec 13, 2012

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• Hockey,' mused Marcus. 'The sport of kings.

  Dan Wells

  Sports, Kings

  Dan Wells (2014). “Partials series 1-3 (Partials; Fragments; Ruins) (Partials)”, p.45, HarperCollins UK

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• When you were a kid, if you went to the Montreal Forum or a hockey game at Maple Leaf Gardens, which I did, there was a great feeling. The new stadiums don't have it. Why don't they have it? Building codes.

  Frank Gehry

  Kids, Garden, Games

  Interview with David Sheff, www.playboy.com. March 1, 2011.

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• 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.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Nhl, Fans, Grew Up

  "Wayne Gretzky on the love of his life". Interview with Jonathon Gatehouse, www.macleans.ca. October 6, 2016.

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• I'm obsessed with hockey and my son's a big player. I spend a lot of time driving to the ice rink and I'm a huge Los Angeles Kings fan. So, yeah, I'm a hockey mama - a cool hockey mama.

  Amber Valletta

  Player, Driving, Los Angeles

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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

  Wayne Gretzky

  Passion, Remember, I Can

  "Wayne Gretzky on the love of his life". Interview with Jonathon Gatehouse, www.macleans.ca. October 6, 2016.

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• My best friend had a hockey scholarship at Ohio State, so I would get a couple of pairs at the beginning of the season and send them down to him. They practised two hours a day. He'd skate in them for three weeks then ship them back.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Couple, Ohio State, Two

  "Wayne Gretzky on the love of his life". Interview with Jonathon Gatehouse, www.macleans.ca. October 6, 2016.

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• 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.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Growing Up, Kids, Fighting

  "Wayne Gretzky on the love of his life". Interview with Jonathon Gatehouse, www.macleans.ca. October 6, 2016.

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• That I walk around calling people 'dummy' and 'hockey puck'. I do have a different life apart from being sarcastic on stage. I might kibitz around with my friends, but I'm nothing like the person who does stand up. Nothing like that.

  Don Rickles

  Sarcastic, People, Puck

  Source: glamorosi.blogspot.com

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• We feel fortunate [with Canada hockey team]. We have got a lot of guys who love to play, but they also love to win even more. We are pretty happy. Although we are young, we like our group of players.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Team, Winning, Player

  Source: www.hockeycanada.ca

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• The one thing I'd always wanted to do in my career is push myself out of my comfort zone - I think I'm really comfortable with being uncomfortable. So that's why I played pro men's hockey, that's why I played softball and hockey at the same time, that's why I'm not afraid to speak up - that's just who I am.

  Hayley Wickenheiser

  Softball, Thinking, Comfort

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• Hockey is still my favourite sport. I think that might be part of what makes me successful. I don't live or die by racquetball, so I can detach from it when needed. I'm all about all sports.

  Kane Waselenchuk

  Sports, Successful, Thinking

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• I went to elementary school in Goodeve, Saskatchewan, a small Ukrainian town. I played a lot of hockey, a lot of ball. Because of that I fit in - everyone wanted me on their team. The guys knew I was a hunter, and they were farmers. They just accepted that. I have lifelong friends from Goodeve.

  Perry Bellegarde

  Team, School, Guy

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• My grandmother was from Guelph, Ont. I grew up playing ice hockey, I'm a massive fan. A great-uncle who was in the early days of the NHL played for the Chicago Blackhawks.

  Don Winslow

  Grandmother, My Grandmother

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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