Top 540 Quotes & Sayings by Famous Hockey Players - Page 3

You know, I've held women and babies and jewels and money, but nothing will ever feel as good as holding that Cup.

I missed 100% of the shots I didn't take

I think the NHL has done a great job of building the sport as far as getting the people's attention and letting them know what's going on in hockey - especially when the powers meet each other.

My role is just about sharing my experiences with the younger guys in the team. It is just like how parents guide their kids or a teacher guides his students.

Winning that gold medal at the Olympics is something I'll never forget.

Winning is what I need, and winning is what the team needs.

I like practicing every day, you get better by practicing.

I like working out in the morning.

I'm not trying to reinvent the wheel, I'm just coming out and playing my game.

It's difficult to love a goalkeeper. He is invisible, and is only in the limelight when he makes a blunder.

Thankfully, in my youth I had the best financial advisor a son could ask for: my dad Walter. When I got that first signing bonus in 1978, Dad took my cheque, announced, 'This is what we're going to do,' and bought an annuity with it.

At times during hockey, I know myself, you get so wrapped up in it, you squeeze your stick a little too much, all those things, or you're too focused.

I had ACL, MCL, and meniscus injuries on my right knee.

Of course I catch up on the odd Malayalam and Tamil movie on streaming platforms once a while.

The thing about hockey for me is I'm really competitive and I like to have fun.

I can't remember the last time I went to a game and there was a fight. I think they fight more in baseball now than they do in hockey.

The best part of a goalkeeper is that when you are the second choice you get to gain a lot of experience by sitting outside and watching.

As far as leadership goes, the older you get the more comfortable you feel in your skin.

I never dreamt of captaining the team and leading the side in the Olympics. It's a great honor.

One of the key qualities that you need to be a great hockey player is fantastic anticipation and feel for the game - if you know where the puck is going before it is hit, that is half the battle.

The vamp, or the front of our shoes has to be a bit hard for the extra support because often during a save, our toe can end up jutting outside our leg guard.

I think the greatest thing about playing obviously is winning, and you can't replace that experience with anything.

You don't realize the atmosphere in the arena until you're down on the ice for real, especially during the playoffs. You come out of the gate, you hear the fans going crazy, you know you're at home and in for a good time. It's something special, that's for sure.

Yes, there's Montreal, but my real home, where my kids were born, where I became a citizen of this country, is New Jersey.

Hockey players are a different breed.

I just like to keep my money in the bank; I'm not a big risk-taker. I don't know anything about the stock market... I stay away from things I don't know anything about.

I don't think there's any less on the line in the Olympics than there is any other time.

The Shark Tank was one of the best buildings to play in, and we had a lot of memories there.

Found out I'm actually a pretty good teacher.

But once I left home to play hockey, it was a commitment to be the best I could be and try to make the NHL.

The only shot I ALWAYS miss, is the one I don't take!

It's a dream come true to be part of an NHL team, to be a regular in the NHL, to live the life, to make the money and do all that stuff.

People in my state, Kerala, have started playing hockey, which is very pleasing to see.

Without the red line, I think it's going to be a lot more exciting game, and I think you're going to get more scoring chances.

A match against Pakistan is never an easy prospect - especially for goalkeepers in a penalty shootout. We can either become heroes or zeroes.

We are a boutique luxury travel company that caters to elite athletes and C-suite executives who feel the same pressures and time constraints as elite athletes. Having been one, I understand the pressures and the demands on your time.

We played in an era where you were taught to hate your opponent. But life changes. I raise my kids differently than my mom and dad raised their kids.

What you want to do with your best players is, it doesn't matter how many goals and assists they get, but when they get goals and assists. The best players get them at the most important times, and that's when we need those guys to come through.

I watch a lot of tapes, a lot of games, all the replays. You watch the highlights on TV, those are all about goals getting scored or big saves. So you just look and see what guys do and how they're successful, and sometimes I see something and I go, Wow, that could work for me.

My answer is, why not? ... It's what I love, it's what I know. Glen Sather was the best coach that I had and what made him good was his confidence in what he did. I believe that I'm going to be a good coach.

Hockey is my life. I love every minute of it.

International matches are competitive and challenging, even for a normal player.

I have a big frame to fend off some defenders and buy some time as I wait for guys to get open.

You need somebody to be firm with you and hard on you and watch you progress.

If you asked me in my first year would I ever get to my 1,000th game - I thought just getting to 100 would be amazing.

Well, as a player you try to learn how to win, and when you get exposed to success there's also disappointment that comes along the way. So it becomes about how you deal with the ups and downs.

The biggest difference between L.A. and Edmonton was that instead of people looking at me I was looking at them.

No player will say no to an Olympics.

A lot of guys are missing teeth and don't get them fixed until they're done. I think that's pretty much the hockey trademark... guys figure, well, we're going to lose our teeth anyway, so we'll get them fixed when we're done.

I think sports for kids is the greatest thing in the world because it teaches you how to share, about winning and losing and pressure. But I don't think you should force your kid to become a professional athlete.

My doctors say the more I continue to push, the more I can continue to raise that bar, the better I can get.

I'm comfortable with my shirt off.

I don't know where sports in general will go. But when I grew up, you just played the sport. Parents just wanted to make sure that you were happy doing something.

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When kids want a picture or autograph, you reflect later on and realize you did something good. Then you see them come back five years later, they're all grown up, have their own lives and they tell you how much you inspired them. You're like, 'Whoa.'

And as you really dig deep and start talking to families about their goals, dreams and bucket list trips, you really get to know someone, which allows us to mentor them... and they start feeling comfortable with you.

You learn from your mistakes and you learn from your failures. It's how you get up that defines you to a certain extent.

I've been with Team Canada for a lot of World Cups and World Championships, and to be part of an Olympic team would be a huge thrill for me.

I'm not involved in any Philadelphia-related game or situation. When people claim I'm going to have a "vendetta" against every other Eastern Conference team I don't understand the logic: I'm not the one doling out the punishment.

I've set myself a target of four books a month.