Nhl Quotes - Page 6

• I Didn't Drop My Gloves. They Were Pulled Off Me!

  Mike Modano

  Hockey, Gloves

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• It's only game. Why you have to be mad?

  Ilya Bryzgalov

  Hockey, Games, Mad

  The Score interview, 2006.

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• My dad had this thing - everyone in Canada wants to play hockey; that's all they want to do. So when I was a kid, whenever we skated my dad would not let us on the ice without hockey sticks, because of this insane fear we would become figure skaters!

  Norm MacDonald

  Funny, Dad, Kids

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• I mean the NHL never called me and wanted me to show up at the draft.

  P. K. Subban

  Mean, Wanted, Shows

  Source: www.complex.com

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• There are only four U.S. tournaments that the very best players in the world play every year - Palm Springs, Miami, Cincinnati, and the U.S. Open. So how would golf or NFL or NHL fare if there were only four times a year that their very best were visible? Tennis went international, and for us to expect it to be popular media-wise is very naïve. And that translates into children and families being interested.

  Jim Courier

  Wise, Children, Spring

  Source: www.powersharesseries.com

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• If we're going to change the game it has to start at eight, nine and 10 years old. When we were that age we'd go to the pond or backyard rink and throw a puck on the ice and play five on five, or seven on seven. You get this creativity and this imagination that comes from within, just having fun on the pond. Now kids are so focused on team play, and the coaches are so focused on positioning. You can't change it at the NHL level.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Fun, Team, Creativity

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

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• The NHL is the best in the world, it has the best players. I love the NHL.

  Alexander Ovechkin

  Player, World, Best Players

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• Growing up, I was always the only black kid on my team and (sometimes) I'd get questions from my friends when I'd say, `I want to be in the NHL' and they'd say, `Well, there are no black people or not very many in the NHL' and as a kid, you'd wonder why. But overall, I didn't really face any racial difficulties. Nothing too bad or too lasting.

  Jarome Iginla

  Growing Up, Team, Kids

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• Wild Thing made their hearts sing. But he couldn't top everything.

  Terry Jones

  Heart, Hockey, Made

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• The greatest athletes in the world play in the NHL there is no question about that.

  Joe Bowen

  Athlete, Play, World

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• The model for an NHL without fighting is right there in front of us. The [playoffs are] the time of year that fans love best; when the best hockey is played... [The] enforcers don't play. Even mini-enforcers... remain on the bench. Teams and coaches can't afford anything stupid and unpredictable... With no one to fight back for them, players go harder into the corners, more determinedly to the front of the net. If they want to fire up the crowd and their teammates, they have to do it themselves. And in the playoffs, they do.

  Ken Dryden

  Inspirational, Motivational, Team

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• Peter Forsberg's skills and determination made him one of the most powerful forwards in the NHL during the best years of his career. Hearing of his retirement is sad news but one day every athlete has to come to this decision. He should be very proud of all he accomplished throughout his career.

  Patrick Roy

  Retirement, Determination, Powerful

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• Playing 10 years in the NHL, almost 600 games, there's going to be some wear and tear for everybody.

  Mike Comrie

  Years, Games, Tears

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• Just use the same quotes. It's the same story.

  Bryan Murray

  Hockey, Stories, Use

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• We can't play stupid hockey, dumb hockey, greedy hockey, selfish hockey. We have to put the team ahead of our personal feelings.

  Terry Crisp

  Funny, Team, Stupid

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• If one of my players ever wants to hit me, he better do it really hard because otherwise, I'll find a rock, a stick, or a piece of wood and believe me, it's gonna be a brawl.

  Pat Burns

  Believe, Hockey, Player

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• I am not afraid to stop the puck with my head. I try to do it sometimes even in practice; not everyday but once in a while, I say to my teammates, shoot me in my head and I'll try to stop the puck. I am not afraid at all of the puck, so sometimes, if the shot comes at my head, it's an easier save to make with your head. Maybe the people think a different way, but for me, I do it with my head.

  Dominik Hasek

  Hockey, Thinking, Practice

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• I think maybe our team was too young and stupid to even know what was going on.

  Patrick Kane

  Team, Stupid, Thinking

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• To me, Kane's always been a good guy, a good teammate. I think now he's got a girlfriend. You can tell, he's 24, turning 25, he's not 18 or 19 anymore. It's kind of fun seeing him and Toews get a little bit older, have girlfriends. They're starting to stay in on a Friday night, watch a movie instead.

  Duncan Keith

  Friday, Girlfriend, Fun

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• Once you win the Cup once, you feel like it's yours. You don't want to give it up.

  Jonathan Toews

  Winning, Giving, Want

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• I don't think anything in my game has regressed in the last couple years. I think I've only gotten better. I keep wanting to assume more responsibility in all parts of the rink.

  Jonathan Toews

  Couple, Responsibility, Thinking

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• It's nice to be able to support programs like 5 Hole Threads' in our communities to keep more kids involved in sports. The Life lessons that are learned from being a teammate are so valuable. All kids deserve the chance to experience that.

  Dan Ellis

  Sports, Nice, Life Lesson

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• I don't want to talk about today's market anymore because nobody can make sense of what the market is. It's all over the map. There's a bunch of lunatics out there throwing money away. I'm sick and tired of it. It's lunacy. Punch me in the head and tell me I'm stupid, but that's the way I feel. There's no sense to it anymore.

  Kevin Lowe

  Stupid, Tired, Sick

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• I got a lot of grief from my teammates about that. It might backfire on my mom. Hopefully, my brother will have another chance somewhere down the road.

  Scott Niedermayer

  Mom, Brother, Grief

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• If I had to pick three players to start a franchise, I'd choose Hasek, Peter Forsberg and Eric Lindros.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Player, Eric, Three

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