Top 18 Quotes & Sayings by Jeremy Roenick

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American ice hockey Jeremy Roenick.
Last updated on September 17, 2024.
Jeremy Roenick

Jeremy Shaffer Roenick (; born January 17, 1970) is an American former professional ice hockey player who played the majority of his career in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted 8th overall in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft by the Chicago Blackhawks, for whom he played from 1988 to 1996. Roenick subsequently played for the Phoenix Coyotes, Philadelphia Flyers, Los Angeles Kings and San Jose Sharks over the course of his 20 NHL season career. He also represented Team USA in several international tournaments. On November 10, 2007, he became the third American-born player to score 500 goals.

Obviously ice hockey's much faster. You play street hockey, most likely, with a ball. Where the puck is more difficult to maneuver with. There's not too many things that are different. Playing on the ice is totally, totally different than playing on the street. It's totally a different game in that aspect.
I'm obviously into the sports. The NFL games and the NHL games.
The only difference between the Coyotes and 'Days of Our Lives' is that nobody has been shot on our team yet. — © Jeremy Roenick
The only difference between the Coyotes and 'Days of Our Lives' is that nobody has been shot on our team yet.
They just love to complain about me because I'm an American who gets more press than their Canadian players.
I think the deal is not great for the players. It is definitely an owner-friendly deal.
Football, you can go out and buy a football and play it in your backyard. Basketball, you can go out and play it in the schoolyard or in your driveway. Baseball, you get a glove and a bat and a ball and you go out and play in the neighborhood. You can't do that in hockey.
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.
Yeah, I'm cocky and I am arrogant. But that doesn't mean I'm not a nice person.
My only goal is to win the Stanley Cup and do what I have to to win that.
If I had a bad game and we lost I take it very seriously. I feel if I play a good game that other guys will follow and that will help us win more games. And if I don't, I take it upon myself as being my fault.
We don't want you at the rink, we don't want you in the stadium, we don't want you to watch hockey.
With my kids I have to get involved in the Scooby Doo games and the basic kid games that go on. I find myself getting on it more and more just because of my kids.
The competitiveness, playing in front of 18-19,000 people every single night, people asking for my autograph, getting recognized, being able to do something like this with Sega and being on the front of a box, and being involved in video games, and listening to movies where they reference my name like in Swingers. All these things they make life so exciting, you don't know what to expect next.
I think there are a lot of crazy guys that I've played with in the past. Wayne VanDorp, when I played in Chicago. He wasn't a big name, but my God was he nuts.
As a professional athlete, there aren't too many things as gratifying as being on the front of a box. Whether it be a cereal box or a game box. It's very gratifying.
You can't just go outside and play hockey. It's more of an expensive sport.
When I get home, I'm not very happy. Especially when I didn't do something to help the cause. — © Jeremy Roenick
When I get home, I'm not very happy. Especially when I didn't do something to help the cause.
We can no longer ignore the stupidity of the hits that are still happening today despite the fact that the players know the concussion aspect is such a big part of the game and sports in general.
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