Nhl Quotes

• One thing I hate is people screaming at me. If you want me to do something, talk to me. When someone screams at me to hurry up, I slow down.

  Mario Lemieux

  Hate, Hockey, People

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• 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, Differences, Lasts

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

  Ken Dryden

  Hockey, Two, Bangs

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

  Gordie Howe

  Sports, Hockey, Player

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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, Noses

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• As a kid growing up in the little city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, I dreamed of one day playing in the NHL, but never did I expect it to be as much fun as it turned out to be.

  Ron Francis

  Growing Up, Fun, Kids

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• It's the nuts and bolts time of the year and we don't have enough nuts and bolts.

  Darryl Sutter

  Hockey, Years, Nuts

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• People would say, 'Girls don't play hockey. Girls don't skate.' I would say, 'Watch this.'

  Hayley Wickenheiser

  Inspirational, Motivational, Girl

  FaceBook post by Hayley Wickenheiser from Nov 29, 2015

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• If you want something as bad as you want to breathe, then you can do it.

  Tyler Seguin

  Inspirational, Motivational, Hockey

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

  Jim McKenny

  Inspirational, Hockey, Games

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• The kids just aren't the same today.

  Doug Gilmour

  Kids, Hockey, Today

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• It's not my fault Snow didn't have any other options coming out of high school. If going to college gets you a career backup goaltender job, and my route gets you a thousand points and a thousand games, and compare the two contracts, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out whose decision was better.

  Jeremy Roenick

  Jobs, School, College

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• I go from locker to locker, pretending the guys are here. You know, give them a little bit of a pep talk. It must be working, because we haven't lost a game yet.

  Tom McVie

  Hockey, Games, Giving

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• I didn't have any hair anywhere for almost seven months. So now finally I've got some hair, I'm gonna keep it.

  Saku Koivu

  Hockey, Hair, Seven Months

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• Ever since he's been a little boo-aw.

  Marc Crawford

  Hockey, Littles, Ice Hockey

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• We should've been better, more disciplined. We made untimely mistakes defensively, as a group. This is really humbling for us. After winning the Stanley Cup, we got brought back down to earth, hard. Maybe the humbling is good for us in the long run.

  Steve Yzerman

  Running, Mistake, Winning

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• When he gets mad, it's like he's in another world. He'll look at you with those big eyes and they'll be going around in circles.

  Barry Beck

  Eye, Hockey, Circles

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• It seems like we're doing just enough to lose by a little.

  Darryl Sutter

  Hockey, Littles, Enough

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• There is something about Game 7 that there's a memory there for you for sure. You want to be a coach or a manager or a player or a goaltender that gets it done, because to me, that's all part of sports. That's what you dream about when you're a little kid - scoring the winning goal.

  Mike Babcock

  Sports, Dream, Memories

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• I don't doubt myself ever, but people that don't know me do. I've been playing for 15 years, and have the most playoffs wins in Wings history for a reason, and not because I'm a bad goalie.

  Chris Osgood

  Hockey, Winning, Years

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• Losing is essential to anyone's success. The more you lose, the more you want to win.

  Brett Hull

  Inspirational, Motivational, Hockey

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• When you ask for the house, car, cat, dog and all the fish when you're dealing with a player who's got questions about his health, no GM in his right mind is going to say yes and offer to clean the aquarium, too.

  Eric Lindros

  Dog, Cat, Player

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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

  Hockey, Winter, Land

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• Don't feel sorry because my life is over. Be happy that it happened.

  Pat Burns

  Sorry, Hockey, Life Is

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