Top 522 Quotes & Sayings by Famous Ice hockeies - Page 3

Stop explaining yourself. Shut up and act!

I remember distinctly telling my father-in-law, barring a miracle, we're going to have to terminate the pregnancy. Her health has to come first

We all bring some different elements at the Games. Everything is a stepping stone for us after playing these two games. These Games are preparing us to play a 60-minutes game and preparing us for the gold-medal game.

I think the game has gotten better. (The two-ref system) keeps players from taking cheap shots behind the play. I never thought I'd like it, considering the way I like to hack.

I just wore a cage my whole career coming up, and didn't feel a reason not to have some type of protection.

Well, to have some teams come at you like Montreal did, it’s definitely flattering, and I think it was good for me to also set a precedent for players like me and how important we can be to teams. That was something I was happy to do as well, you know? Sometimes players like me are maybe overlooked or not looked at as an important piece to the puzzle, but it was something I wanted to prove and wanted to show.

Every time a puck gets past me and I look back into the net, I say, 'uh-oh.'

We only have one person to blame, and that's each other.

I'm pretty far out of the loop. There's always a lot of speculation and what-have-you. I'm sure it's fun for people to watch and have fantasies of who might go where. The reality is, guys will change teams.

The first thing I noticed about him was that he was born the same year I was drafted. ... That's a pretty scary thought.

I'm gonna catch you with your head down tonight. I'm gonna take it off.

It was just a bad game. On the first goal, I just made a mistake and got scored on and it just snowballed from there. It happens sometimes. You don't want it, but it's the reality. I just have to refocus.

Sports are my passion and I really enjoy connecting with others who share my love of the game

It's kind of good to get that evil monkey off my back!

People think there is something wrong with Mike(Milbury). But there's method in his madness.

I saw this girl, she looks so sweet, I wonder why, I'm so scared to meet. I think about her everyday, I wake, I sleep and hope and pray, For that one day She will come to me And I will say, You are the one I wish to stay

I've never done it before. Sometimes it's tough. I don't have any peripheral vision.

To a reporter after Ray was pounded by Edmonton's Georges Laraque: What are you, the fight doctor now or something? You've never been in a fight in your life, so what are you talking about?

It's a great feeling, its something that I've dreamt about since I was little, and it's finally come true. It couldn't be better. Well I think that we stuck to the game plan. We got shots on net, and just used our power.

EVERYTHING is dependent on whether or not we care... CHOOSE to care, CHOOSE to want, CHOOSE to do the right thing.

He has a great pass, great vision, great shot, great everything.

When I look at the net I don't see a goalie.

I'd be lying to you if I said guys weren't afraid of him. I'm afraid of him, afraid of him running in to me.

Anything coach Babcock needs me to do, I'll do it and if it's face-off well, I'm willing and ready to do that obviously.

If you don't like what you're getting back in life, take a look at what you're putting out.

Maybe they should go back to wooden sticks.

I coach hockey players—some of them just happen to be girls. When I’m coaching youth hockey, I put the boys and girls together and they can’t tell the difference. They are just playing hockey.

I don't think so. Anyways, I don't spend money. My wife spends money...sorry wife.

The quintessential bad - luck position. Pucks can go off bodies, skates, bounce into the net.

He's skating like he's 36 again.

It showed nothing. I'm not pregnant.

It was the most intense training schedule I had ever experienced in my life. Ten to twelve hours of training every single day. You cherish every moment of sleep you get. But it really helped us build that base going into the Olympic year.

I had a few fights last year, but I need to take boxing lessons. I need to, because in the NHL it's required.

Because I always try so hard to win and had my troubles in Boston, I was suspended. At playoff time, it hurts not to be in the game with the boys. However, I want to do what is good for the people of Montreal and the team. So that no further harm will be done, I would like to ask everyone to get behind the team and to help the boys win from the Rangers and Detroit. I will take my punishment and come back next year to help the club and younger players to win the cup.

Everything went well, we had a good first period. We wanted to win, and we did. We have a big game in two days, and it will be fun. We worked hard, and it is our ultimate goal. We are ready. There is always a big rivalry between Canada and the United States; it's always fun, and we are really motivated.

It's never been easy. But I've always wanted to play hockey. I love hockey. I'd rather play hockey than do anything else. If you have that kind of desire, I think you can achieve what you want to achieve.

It is pretty tough for a goalie when you look at it. You're always the last line of defense. If you let a goal in, you can't go to the bench and hide between the guys or anything

You try to squeeze a little more Charmin in the pads when you face him.

Coach may have been the greatest innovator the sport has ever had.

I was young and stupid then. Now I'm not young anymore.

Just because you've had one or two of those games, you can't really go back to the next practice and change everything. That's the most important thing in those situations that you don't think too much, you don't try to change too much because then you're going to be in deep trouble, that's what I think. It's all about keep working on what's been successful for you and keep believing what you're doing is the right thing.

It is unethical for any man to tax another man's home to fund his social agenda. Friends don't do that, your enemies will.

A lot of guys just got off the flight yesterday. There's no excuses but that's the reality.

That hockey game will haunt me until the day I die.

We have a small, tight family. I left home at a young age and the best thing for me was to go home at Christmas-time and spend time with my family and friends. It's kind of funny, most people do turkey and all the trimmings, but we would have a big seafood festival because it's the only time of the year that we'd eat it. We never really went caroling, but once in a while we'd got out for a sleigh ride

That bumper sticker everyone has down in Philadelphia, the one that says, 'Only the Lord saves more than Bernie Parent,' really isn't true. God couldn't have made all the saves that Parent made against us.

It is about getting better every game. Work ethic was the first part. We were not ready to give up and the Slovaks did not give up also. That is what the Olympics are all about. We executed where we needed to execute. It was important to play the way we always play.

I grabbed it and squeezed it back into place. It gave a little crunch and popped right in.

You have brought the best things in my life. I used to be so unhappy before but now I am filled with joy and peace. Thank you for bringing so many good things into my life.

Each space has a role to play, but while to date the majority of media investment and energy has really focused on the bought on the bought space ... this balance is shifting to a much stronger emphasis on owned and generated spaces.

Aw, don't worry about that Doc. If it happens I could always come back as a forward.

Street hockey is great for kids. It's energetic, competitive, and skilful. And best of all, it keeps them off the street.

Cirrus sky hawk drift, blue haze in the autumn air, and my mouth is dry.

We have a huge game coming up in semi-finals. Just studying Finland or the Americans, whoever we're playing. Just moving forward, working hard in practice and making sure we stay sharp.

The three important elements in hockey are: the forecheck, the backcheck and the paycheck.

Let us remember with humility the loneliness of being man in a universe we do not understand and the vulnerability of the human condition. The animals could do very well without us, but we cannot do without them.

He should be worried about playing the game, not innovating it. He thinks he's Brett Hull or something. You should remind him that he didn't go to college. He's a junior (hockey) guy. So he's not that bright.

Finland has produced so many brilliant distance runners because back home it costs $2.50 a gallon for gas.

We started the season off really hot, then we had some ups and downs. You can't have a season where it's perfect. It's what you want but in reality it's not going to happen all the time.

I'd say there's 100 percent of the guys who think they're in the 25 percent.