Puck Quotes

• Arrive at the net with the puck and in ill humor.

  Fred Shero

  Hockey, Nhl, Ill

  "Hockey Shorts" by Glenn Liebman, September 1, 1996.

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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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• A puck is a hard rubber disk that hockey players strike when they can't hit one another.

  Jimmy Cannon

  Hockey, Player, Rubber

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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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• Most players go where the puck is. I go where the puck will be.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Player

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• Discoveries cannot be planned, they pop up, like Puck, in unexpected corners

  Max Perutz

  Discovery, Unexpected, Pops

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• I like ice hockey, but it's a frustrating game to watch. It's hard to keep your eyes on both the puck and the players and too much time passes between scoring in hockey. There are usually more fights than there are points.

  Andy Rooney

  Eye, Fighting, Hockey

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• We take the shortest route to the puck and arrive in ill humor.

  Bobby Clarke

  Sports, Hockey, Nhl

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• When I'm able to see the ice ahead of time when I get the puck, I'm able to make some pretty good plays.

  Mario Lemieux

  Sports, Hockey, Ice

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• If we shadows have offended, Think but this, and all is mended, That you have but slumbered here While these visions did appear. And this weak and idle theme, No more yielding but a dream, Gentles, do not reprehend: If you pardon, we will mend: And, as I am an honest Puck, If we have unearned luck Now to 'scape the serpent's tongue, We will make amends ere long; Else the Puck a liar call; So, good night unto you all. Give me your hands, if we be friends, And Robin shall restore amends.

  William Shakespeare

  Good Night, Dream, Liars

  'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (1595-6) act 5, sc. 2, l. 54

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• We found out tonight how important and how crucial momentum swings can be. I thought we were playing very well. We were doing a lot of positive things but then we lost the puck two times in our zone and things swung their way. You can't afford to give teams momentum.

  Saku Koivu

  Team, Swings, Two

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• The kids wait for it to be organized. They want to go play all of these tournaments, for a little practice time. I learned my skills by dropping the puck just with the kids. I think that's missing today.

  Bobby Orr

  Sports, Kids, Thinking

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• I think the idea of the obstruction through the neutral zone and away from the puck was an excellent rule.

  Mark Messier

  Sports, Thinking, Ideas

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• There are a lot more shots coming at the net and guys are just shooting it at the net because they have more time and pucks are going in off legs and feet and shoulders and heads, so you might have to play out a little further on the shot and hope it hits you.

  Ed Belfour

  Sports, Play, Feet

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• It's tough, it's not the scenario that we wanted for sure. I thought our desperation was there, we worked hard, but it was one game, a lot can happen, they're a good team, and unfortunately we didn't win. We had some bad bounces, and in one game those make a big difference, and unfortunately it didn't go our way. But if we play hard like that, we play desperate like that and control the puck the way we did down low, I like our chances against any team.

  Sidney Crosby

  Team, Hockey, Winning

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• There's an old Wayne Gretzky quote that I love. 'I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.' And we've always tried to do that at Apple. Since the very, very beginning. And we always will.

  Steve Jobs

  Apples, Wayne, Gretzky

  Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.72, Prabhat Prakashan

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• When we've got the puck, they can't score.

  Paul Coffey

  Hockey, Nhl, Score

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• Nobody ever tells me to give them a pass or anything. My job is to score goals, and if I don't shoot the puck, I can't score goals.

  Alexander Ovechkin

  Jobs, Giving, Goal

  "Ovie speaks out on Crosby, Caps' Cup hopes and that $124M deal". Interview with David Amber, sports.espn.go.com. February 7, 2008.

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• Understand the "Gretzky Factor": Cultivate an instinct, a "touch", call it what you will, that enables you to know both where the "puck" is now and where it will be soon.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Instinct, Gretzky, Factors

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• In Russia, we had tough times. Only one puck, I always wanted the puck, so I learn how to keep it and make space and get puck when other guy has it.

  Pavel Datsyuk

  Space, Russia, Tough Times

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• Don't go where the puck's been; go where it's gonna be

  Kevin Smith

  Kevin Smith (2012). “Tough Sh*t Deluxe: Life Advice from a Fat, Lazy Slob Who Did Good”, p.103, Penguin

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• People talk about skating, puck handling and shooting, but the whole sport is angles and caroms, forgetting the straight direction the puck is going, calculating where it will be directed, factoring in all the interruptions. Basically, my whole game is angles.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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• Because the demands on the goalie are mostly mental, it means that for a goalie the biggest enemy is himself. Not a puck, not a opponent, not a quirk of size or style. The stress and anxiety he feels when he plays, the fear of failing, the fear of being embarrassed, the fear of being physically hurt, all symptoms of his position, in constant ebb and flow, but never disappearing. The successful goalie understands these neuroses, accept them, and put them under control. The unsuccessful goalie is distracted by them, his mind in knots. His body quickly follows.

  Ken Dryden

  Hurt, Stress, Mean

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• My focus was always first and foremost to stop the puck. I never let the other players on the other team get to me.

  Andy Moog

  Team, Hockey, Player

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• Good news, they found Nemo! The bad news is, they found him in one of Wolfgang Puck's puff pastries.

  Billy Crystal

  News, Puff, Nemo

  "The 76th Annual Academy Awards", www.imdb.com. 2004.

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