Ice Hockey Quotes

• It's not who wins the fight that's important, it's being willing to fight. If you get challenged and renege, everyone wants to take a shot at you.

  Barclay Plager

  Fighting, Hockey, Winning

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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

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

  Bobby Hull

  Hockey, Millionaire, Divorced

  11 Copy quote

• Playing goal is like being shot at.

  Jacques Plante

  Hockey, Nhl, Goal

  12 Copy quote

• You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  118 Copy quote
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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

  168 Copy quote

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• This is the only thing that has seen more parties than us.

  Steven Tyler

  Party, Hockey, Nhl

  7 Copy quote

• It would have been worse if we hadn't blocked the kick after Toronto's second touchdown.

  Alex Delvecchio

  Hockey, Nhl, Toronto

  7 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

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

  Terry Crisp

  Hockey, Nhl, Differences

  9 Copy quote

• One road trip we were stuck on the runway for seven hours. The plane kept driving and driving until we arrived at the rink and I realized we were on a bus.

  Glenn Healy

  Hockey, Nhl, Driving

  8 Copy quote

• I was three-quarters down the list of guys I would be facing in my first game when I realized I was looking at our own roster.

  Glenn Healy

  Hockey, Nhl, Games

  45 Copy quote

• People didn't know the difference between a blue line and a clothes line.

  Al Michaels

  Hockey, Blue, Nhl

  9 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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• 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

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

  Mark Messier

  Motivational, Hockey, Thinking

  10 Copy quote

• There are two types of forwards. Scorers and bangers. Scorers score and bangers bang.

  Ken Dryden

  Hockey, Nhl, Two

  50 Copy quote

• I don't like hockey. I'm just good at it.

  Brett Hull

  Hockey, Nhl

  9 Copy quote

• At the end of each year I make a list of my mistakes and it's pretty friggin long.

  Dean Lombardi

  Mistake, Hockey, Years

  8 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

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

  Gus Kyle

  Kids, Hockey, Energetic

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

  Gordie Howe

  Sports, Hockey, Player

  100 Copy quote

• I went to a fight the other night, and a hockey game broke out.

  Rodney Dangerfield

  Sports, Fighting, Hockey

  65 Copy quote

• Every day is a great day for hockey.

  Mario Lemieux

  Inspirational, Motivational, Hockey

  70 Copy quote

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

  Stu Grimson

  Hockey, Names, Clothes

  8 Copy quote