Subject: Sports » Hockey (Page 10)

I slept like a baby. Every two hours I woke up and cried.

Canadian hockey coach

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

I was three-quarters down the list of guys I would be facing in my first game when I realized I was looking at our own roster.

Canadian hockey player

Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion; you must first set yourself on fire.

(1925 – 1990) Canadian hockey player, coach & general manager

I told her they must be all sold out.

Canadian hockey player

Every day you guys look worse and worse. And today you played like tomorrow.

American hockey player & coach

If I get run into again, I'm taking someone with me. I lost one knee. I'll take a head if it happens again.

Canadian hockey goaltender

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.

Canadian hockey player

The playoffs separate the men from the boys, and we found out we have a lot of boys in our dressing room.

Canadian hockey general manager

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

Canadian ice hockey goaltender

If I knew the answer to that I'd bet $10,000 on the game and retire from coaching.

Montreal Canadiens coach

War is hell, but expansion is worse.

hockey coach

Bob Kelly was so dumb, they shoulda written his name on the Stanley Cup in crayon.

American sports announcer

Our first priority was staying alive. Our second was stopping the puck.

Canadian hockey player

To avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.

(1925 – 1990) Canadian hockey player, coach & general manager

Why doesn’t the fattest man in the world become a hockey goalie?

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

You can always get someone to do your thinking for you.

(1928 – ) Canadian professional ice hockey player

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

hockey announcer

If you take your eye off Gretzky, he'll bank it off your skate, your back, your helmet or your wife. I could hang a nickel in the net and he'd hit it every time.

Canadian hockey player

Some guys play hockey… Gretzky plays 40 mph chess.

American sportswriter

I didn’t drop my gloves. They were yanked off me.

professional hockey player