Great Hockey Quotes:

Hockey captures the essence of Canadian experience in the New World. In a land so inescapably and inhospitably cold, hockey is the chance of life, and an affirmation that despite the deathly chill of winter we are alive.

- Stephen Leacock

topic: Hockey, Winter, Land, Inspirational Hockey, Motivational Hockey

Hockey s a funny game. You have to prove yourself every shift, every game. It's not up to anybody else. You have to take pride in yourself.

- Paul Coffey

topic: Hockey, Pride, Games, Inspirational Hockey, Motivational Hockey

It's not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it's what you put into the practice.

- Eric Lindros

topic: Hockey, Practice, Inspirational Hockey, Motivational Hockey, Hockey Player

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

- Jeremy Roenick

topic: Nice, Cocky, Mean, Funny Hockey, Great Hockey

Hockey belongs to the Cartoon Network, where a person can be pancaked by an ACME anvil, then expanded - accordion-style - back to full stature, without any lasting side effect.

- Steve Rushin

topic: Hockey, Style, Cartoon, Accordions, Inspirational Hockey

You don't have enough talent to win on talent alone.

- Herb Brooks

topic: Hockey, Winning, Talent, Hockey Player, Best Hockey

Half the game is mental, the other half is being mental.

- Jim McKenny

topic: Hockey, Games, Half, Scrapbooking, Inspirational Hockey

We take the shortest route to the puck and arrive in ill humor.

- Bobby Clarke

topic: Hockey, Puck, Ill, Inspirational Hockey, Motivational Hockey

Playing goal is like being shot at.

- Jacques Plante

topic: Hockey, Goal, Shots, Motivational Hockey, Hockey Player

If you've only got one day to live, come see the Toronto Maple Leafs. It'll seem like forever.

- Pat LaFontaine

topic: Hockey, Forever, One Day, Maple, Great Hockey

It's not whether you win or lose - but whether I win or lose.

- Sandy Lyle

topic: Sports, Motivational Sports, Winning, Sporting Events, Inspirational Tennis

It takes brains. It's not like a forward, where you can get away with scoring and not play defense. On defense you have to be thinking.

- Chris Chelios

topic: Hockey, Thinking, Play, Great Hockey

My teeth weren't that good to begin with, so hopefully I can get some better ones.

- Duncan Keith

topic: Hockey, Teeth, Hopefully, Blackhawks, Great Hockey

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

- Pavel Bure

topic: Hockey, Looks, Goalies, Great Hockey

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.

- Lester Patrick

topic: Kids, Hockey, Thrill, Great Hockey

The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.

- Joe Paterno

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Inspirational Football, Baseball Games

He brings something special. I don't know what it is, but if you ask him, you couldn't understand his answer.

- Wayne Gretzky

topic: Hockey, Special, Answers, Great Hockey, Ice Hockey

The only way you can check Gretzky is to hit him when he is standing still singing the national anthem.

- Harry Sinden

topic: Hockey, Singing, Way, Great Hockey, Gretzky

Hockey is the only place where a guy can go nowadays and watch two white guys fight.

- Frank Deford

source: Frank Deford (1976). “The Owner”, Viking Adult

topic: Fighting, Hockey, Two, White Guys, Great Hockey

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

- Brad Park

topic: Jobs, Hockey, Nhl, Inspirational Hockey, Motivational Hockey

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

- Doug Larson

topic: Hockey, Ice, Form, Inspirational Hockey, Motivational Hockey

Hockey is the only job I know where you get paid to have a nap on the day of the game.

- Chico Resch

topic: Jobs, Hockey, Naps, Goalies, Great Hockey

How would you like a job where, if you made a mistake, a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo?

- Jacques Plante

topic: Jobs, Mistake, Hockey, Inspirational Hockey, Booing

A puck is a hard rubber disk that hockey players strike when they can't hit one another.

- Jimmy Cannon

topic: Hockey, Player, Puck, Inspirational Hockey, Motivational Hockey

The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.

- Wayne Gretzky

topic: Motivational, Sports, Dog, Inspirational Athlete, Inspirational Hockey

I don't like my hockey sticks touching other sticks, and I don't like them crossing one another, and I kind of have them hidden in the corner. I put baby powder on the ends. I think it's essentially a matter of taking care of what takes care of you.

- Wayne Gretzky

topic: Sports, Baby, Hockey, Crossings, Motivational Hockey

I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.

- Wayne Gretzky

source: Wayne Gretzky (2000). “99 My Life in Pictures”, Mint Pub

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Change, Inspirational Hockey, Sports In General

Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.

- Wayne Gretzky

topic: Motivational, Sports, Congratulations, Inspirational Hockey, Motivational Hockey

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

- Wayne Gretzky

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Fitness, Thought Of The Day, Self Determination

A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.

- Wayne Gretzky

topic: Sports, Athlete, Hockey, Inspirational Hockey, Sports Competition

I went to a fight the other night, and a hockey game broke out.

- Rodney Dangerfield

topic: Sports, Fighting, Hockey, Inspirational Hockey, Motivational Hockey

Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.

- Winston Churchill

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Maximum Effort, Maximum Potential

You find that you have peace of mind and can enjoy yourself, get more sleep, and rest when you know that it was a one hundred percent effort that you gave - win or lose.

- Gordie Howe

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Sports, Inspirational Hockey, Sports Competition

Hockey is a fast, body-contact game played by men with clubs in their hands and knives laced to their feet.

- Paul Gallico

topic: Hockey, Men, Knives, Motivational Hockey, Playing Hockey

Every day is a great day for hockey.

- Mario Lemieux

topic: Hockey, Nhl, Great Day, Motivational Hockey, Best Hockey

Whoever said, 'It's not whether you win or lose that counts,' probably lost.

- Martina Navratilova

topic: Funny, Sports, Running, Sporting Events, Inspirational Tennis

Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play.

- Mike Singletary

topic: Inspirational, Sports, Athlete, Favorite Sports, Inspirational Football

Great moments are born from great opportunities.

- Herb Brooks

source: "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Sports, Opportunity, Moments, Great Moments, Inspirational Hockey

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.

- Steve Rushin

topic: Hockey, Nhl, Games, Inspirational Hockey, Motivational Hockey

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

- Gus Kyle

topic: Kids, Hockey, Energetic, Inspirational Hockey, Motivational Hockey

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

- Bob Plager

topic: Hockey, Player, Numbers, Hockey Player, Funny Hockey

High sticking, tripping, slashing, spearing, charging, hooking, fighting, unsportsmanlike conduct, interference, roughing......everything else is just figure skating.

- Scotty Bowman

topic: Hockey, Fighting, Skating, Tripping, Funny Hockey

Hockey would be a great game... if played in the mud.

- Jimmy Cannon

topic: Hockey, Games, Would Be, Playing Hockey, Great Hockey

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.

- Wayne Gretzky

topic: Hockey, Player, Games, Hockey Player, Great Hockey

Canadians send us great hockey players. You also send us wonderful performers, from the beginning, with Mary Pickford.

- Jamie Farr

topic: Hockey, Player, Wonderful, Hockey Player, Great Hockey

I want to reward this city. Pittsburgh is a great hockey town.

- Sidney Crosby

topic: Hockey, Cities, Pittsburgh, Great Hockey