Nhl Quotes - Page 3

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

Doug Larson

Hockey, Ice, Form

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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, Hockey

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I don't like my hockey sticks touching other sticks, and I don't like them crossing one another, and I kind of have them hidden in the corner. I put baby powder on the ends. I think it's essentially a matter of taking care of what takes care of you.

Wayne Gretzky

Sports, Baby, Hockey

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My goal was to play in the NHL, because that is the best hockey in the world.

Jaromir Jagr

Hockey, Play, Goal

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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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He's a gutless puke, that's what Travis Green is. That's why he doesn't wear an Islander uniform any more.

Mike Milbury

Hockey, Green, Uniforms

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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, Hockey

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

Rodney Dangerfield

Sports, Fighting, Hockey

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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

Hockey, Games, Average

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

Wayne Gretzky

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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Listen, everything I have in my life is because of the NHL and because of hockey, and I love the game and I loved every minute of being a player, I loved coaching, I loved being involved in the NHL.

Wayne Gretzky

Hockey, Player, Games

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I can't wait for the crowd, the noise, the energy in the building. I can't wait to take that all away from them.

P. K. Subban

Hockey, Waiting, Noise

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I'm not planning a career change - not unless they need someone who constantly falls on the ice and is out of breath all the time.

Scott Wolf

Fall, Ice, Careers

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I mean, I went to a Catholic boys school for a year, but that was to play hockey. Religion class was quite contentious for me.

Keanu Reeves

Funny, School, Mean

"Keanu Heads Down Under With 'Constantine'". Associated Press Interview, www.foxnews.com. February 19, 2005.

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Oh, yes, I love sleepless nights.

Larry Robinson

Hockey, Night, Sleepless Nights

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You've got to love what you're doing. If you love it, you can overcome any handicap, or the soreness, or all the aches and pains and continue to play for a long, long time.

Gordie Howe

Pain, Attitude, Hockey

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I have absolutely no complaints about my life. But people think I got handed everything, all this kind of fell in my lap, that I was just God-gifted with all this talent. I wanted people to realize it's a lot tougher than just waking up one day and you're in the NHL.

Wayne Gretzky

Thinking, People, One Day

"Q&A WITH Wayne Gretzky : He's on the Ice, Feeling Fit Again : Hockey: His back is sound and the Kings are getting better. And people who say he's the Average One motivate him to continued greatness". Interview with Steve Springer, articles.latimes.com. September 13, 1990.

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You see a hockey player, you'd never know he's a professional athlete. But you put the skates on him, and he becomes a beast.

Junior Seau

Inspirational, Motivational, Athlete

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It's like the animal kingdom. Adapt or go extinct.

Brett Hull

Hockey, Animal, Kingdoms

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I'm going through the neutral zone and I've got a guy tugging me through the whole way, if I don't go down, I'm not going to get a call.

Paul Kariya

Guy, Tugging, Way

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Potential is synonymous with getting your ass kicked.

Kevin Constantine

Hockey, Ass

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I remember my first year, I hit him with three good punches and couldn't believe he was still standing. He hit me with one and cracked my helmet. My head hurt for a week.

Georges Laraque

Hurt, Believe, Hockey

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Hullie's a lot like a garbage can. You step on the pedal with your foot and the top opens up.

Wayne Gretzky

Hockey, Garbage Cans, Feet

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I am 10 times smarter than everyone else in this game. Beyond a shadow of a doubt.

Brett Hull

Hockey, Games, Doubt

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