Top 522 Quotes & Sayings by Famous Ice hockeies - Page 4

My doctor told me I was going to be marginal at this test and he'd given me some hope that maybe I was going to be OK. But when I went in and did it I realized I wasn't going to be able to pass it so I've been working on accepting reality.

I know I'm not very popular on Long Island. I don't know who's less popular, me or Joey Buttafuoco.

His face is so calm, He shows no sign of stress or anything. Its as if he's saying, "No problem. Relax. I'm just going to beat you now. It's not going to hurt a bit."

I don't have concussion problems. I have got a problem with people giving me traumatic blows to the head, that's what I have got a problem with.

It really helps to take a breath and think about what you really want to do out there.

I would rather sleep only five hours and wake up at 5 or 5:30 a.m. and be in control of my time than to sleep later and spend the entire day controlled by time.

Everything was set for us to play a real good game. Then we left the dressing room and everything went to hell.

Usually, I'm on the bus by now, having a beer and waiting for everyone else. This is cutting into my beer time.

You can’t have a normal practice with nine skaters, Until we have more than nine guys, it’s not going to be a regular practice.

If you're built like a freight train, you can't drive around like a Volkswagen.

That was awesome. I wasn't expecting it and when I got the call I got nervous for a second. But I was just really excited.

Pain is nothing. Pain is in the mind. If you can walk you can run.

Ranger fans are the rudest and they're proud of it, I'm sure.

It's not so much revenge, but I think you want to hold on to a little of that just for extra motivation.

I heard Rolex makes nice watches.

Basically, I don't like anybody.

We get nose jobs all the time in the NHL, and we don't even have to go to the hospital.

I just tape four Tylenols to it.

Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the body with dental records.

I'm just glad it wasn't Machete Night.

One road trip we were stuck on the runway for seven hours. The plane kept driving and driving until we arrived at the rink and I realized we were on a bus.

I'd just like to be able to walk without pain or run without a limp.

My brother Dash hit me on the head with five textbooks in a gym bag.

I hear they had our flag on their dressing room floor. I wonder if they'd like us to sign it?

I didn't want to be cut, but it made me a better person and a better player.

If I wasn't talking, I wouldn't know what to say.

I still have things to learn, especially on defense.

Playing the sport has taught me about teamwork and how to be a good team player, social skills and most importantly, dedication.

What scares me is how easily it happened.

I've spent every game I've ever played making sure I'm out-working the other guy.

The great thing about hockey players is that they are able to separate the on-ice from the off-ice and not let the latter distract them.

Everyone is going to be afraid sometimes. Then you ask yourself, "What am I really afraid of?" Then you can address it, because there's nothing to be afraid of. It helps a lot when you just face it and put it in perspective. It gives you that courage to fight through it. As an athlete, you can't be afraid to make a mistake.

The most difficult thing for me is to leave the New Jersey Devils, a great organization that I have a lot of respect for, and our fans that have been great to me.

God never puts something in our path where He has not already equipped us to handle.

Yeah, I'm cocky and I am arrogant. But that doesn't mean I'm not a nice person.

Abstract and conceptual painters face different demons than representational painters, but neither group has a monopoly on either authenticity or originality.

If you can engage the influencer’s passions, and work with them to craft a compelling logical appeal, then you can leverage the credibility of the influencer to actually sway hearts and minds.

Maybe I was cast into a different role (in Montreal) and it seemed to follow me around wherever I went, ... Everyone is skeptical until you produce. It's up to me from this point forward. I'm going to get an opportunity to maybe take on a bigger role leadership-wise and offensively.

I don't think the summer is short. I would rather play hockey than work out in the gym. It would be tougher if summer was longer. You have your two or three weeks to take off. You have plenty of time to go back and see family and friends. I don't want summer to be any longer.

Last night I made an insensitive comment which I sincerely regret. It was my mistake and I want to apologize to those who were offended.

I play hard and aggressive. I don't lay out the huge body checks because it's not really the style I play. But I love to be around the net and love battling corners and trying to dish pucks out.

When I came to North America, it was hard. It was hard to understand, hard to get someone to understand me. I only knew Russian. I studied French in school, but it didn't help. I forgot most of that.

The kids just aren't the same today.

With the year off, I think most guys were excited to get going, but coming to Ottawa, a new place, made me even more excited.

Poetry is the sister of Sorrow. Every man that suffers and weeps is a poet; every tear is a verse, and every heart a poem.

Think about what you do from 9 to 5 each weekday. Now imagine you put that much effort into something you really believe in. It's incredible what you can accomplish when you have both the interest to do something original (which everyone has) and the time to make it happen (which few have).

Getting to the playoffs is more important than winning an award.

I try to hold it in until I get on the ice, then in front of the net sometimes I'll pass gas.

If it happens that I score 50 goals, it'll be awesome. Any player in the league would like 50. But I don't keep thinking every day that I have to score in order to reach 50 goals .

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.

I believe Bobby Orr had the greatest impact of any player to come along in my lifetime. He earned his place in hockey history by single handedly changing the game from the style played in my day. In my mind there can be no greater legacy.

If somebody asked me to come up with a mental image of my hockey career, there is absolutely no doubt I would be wearing the uniform of the Vancouver Canucks in it.

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.

I told Pat I want to be him for Halloween. I almost got hit and I told Pat I should stop teasing him.

It is easier to recognize the quality of leadership in the behavior of their followers than it is in the behavior of the leader.

Over the years, I developed an extreme hostility towards the non-profit art organization gulag. I formed the opinion that it's actually a very sophisticated form of government suppression of creativity, particularly in young people. When I see the younger generation dragged into this and being told to write these statements and take these photos, define your work this way or that way, I think it's wrong. I think instead of paying any attention to politics, a great project for young artists is to attack and destroy the non-profits of our world.

Definitely, it just felt good to get the win.

Sometimes you think they must have come out of the chimp cages at the Bronx zoo.

After returning from his stint in the minors made reference to the movie Slapshot with: I'm happy to be back. It was never my aspiration as a kid to play in the Federal league.

It's no fun losing a tooth or getting your face whacked by a stick.