Hockey Quotes

I'll skate on concrete if I have to. I'm not worried about how fast the ice is. I'm worried about how fast I can go on the ice.

By the age of 18, the average American has witnessed 200,000 acts of violence on television, most of them occurring during Game 1 of an NHL playoff series.

I have 3,000 penalty minutes. I don't need people dictating to me how to do my job.

I used to collect hockey cards. It was like Vegas at my school. You'd go to school with your box of cards, and at recess and lunchtime there were all these games we'd play.

I had all my own teeth and I wanted to keep it that way.

I go from locker to locker, pretending the guys are here. You know, give them a little bit of a pep talk. It must be working, because we haven't lost a game yet.

They do a lot of talking, but I'm not sure they actually understand each other.

It's the nuts and bolts time of the year and we don't have enough nuts and bolts.

My wife tells me one day, 'I think you love baseball more than me.' I say, 'Well, I guess that's true, but hey, I love you more than football and hockey.'

If they can play eight more years, then I can too. I'm in better shape than they are.

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.

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

Some of these guys... I've worked with Ice Cube, I think he's an immensely talented rapper and actor.

I wasn't naturally gifted in terms of size and speed; everything I did in hockey I worked for, and that's the way I'll be as a coach.

I belong to an improv group, I play cello, I have these phases - fencing, tae kwon do, baseball, ice hockey, boogie boarding in the summer, snowboarding in the winter.

The kids just aren't the same today.

I was 14 when I lost them [his front teeth]. The main thing was, we won that game, so I was the happiest. You hate to lose your teeth and the game, too.

I'll keep battling for that No. 1 spot.

I love hockey, and I don't love it for any other reason than when I get out there and play, I enjoy it.

That's so when I forget how to spell my name, I can still find my (expletive) clothes.

There was a time there in the mid '80s to the '90s there that we played six finals, three Canada Cups, we were playing hockey almost 10 months a year for a long time there.

Goaltending beats top notch scoring anytime!

Ice hockey is a form of disorderly conduct in which the score is kept.

All that means is that I'll be 783 years old when I catch Scotty Bowman.

The Ice Storm, because of the movie, has had, or is to have, a vigorous life in other cultures.

Call them pros, call them mercenaries - but in fact they are just grown - up kids who have learned on the frozen creek or flooded corner lot that hockey is the greatest thrill of all.

I'll still run him on the ice tomorrow.

Its a great day for hockey

It would have been worse if we hadn't blocked the kick after Toronto's second touchdown.

But the truth is, growing up in California, we knew nothing about hockey.

Oh, yes, I love sleepless nights.

On his contract negotiations with the Devils: It's beyond money at this point. They're not even treating him as a member of their family, unless it's a dysfunctional family.

Probably the biggest thing that surprises people is that I am obsessed with hockey. I grew up in the Boston area so I am obsessed with hockey since I was a little kid.

The place was always cold, and I got the feeling that the fans would have enjoyed baseball more if it had been played with a hockey puck.

A hockey team is like a puzzle. Every piece is vital.

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

I mean, I went to a Catholic boys school for a year, but that was to play hockey. Religion class was quite contentious for me.

The difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull: At some point, a pit bull does stop whining.

We're scared of losing. That's why we win. We know what it's like to lose and we hate it. We enjoy being champions too much.

Because he stinks on the power play. He stinks. I don't know why. I wish I could put him on the power play, but every time I put him on, he stinks.

I am going to go out a winner if I have to find a high school race to win my last race.

Wayne came over to the bench one day after seeing (Zdeno) Chara, and said 'That's why I'm quitting.'

And I'm not very coordinated, either. Only on ice skates, not in real life.

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

To his US Olympic team - Every day you guys look worse and worse. And today you played like tomorrow.

Hockey has given me everything, most importantly it brought me to Swift Current, where I met my wife Deb.

You can't play hockey with a bald spot, so I'm hanging up the skates.

If he had another hair on his back, he'd be up a tree.

Winning is always fun, but the car is more important.

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