Subject: Sports » Hockey (Page 3)

Some guys play hockey… Gretzky plays 40 mph chess.

American sportswriter

He's skating like he's 36 again.

Canadian hockey player

We've made a final offer. We hope [player] Ziggy Palffy will come to his senses. We have NO hope his agent will.

American player, coach & general manager

Street hockey is great for kids. It’s energetic, competitive, and skillful… and best of all it keeps them off the street.

Canadian hockey player

That’s so when I forget how to spell my name, I can still find my @#%#%@ clothes.

professional hockey player

The only difference between the [Phoenix] Coyotes and Days of Our Lives is that nobody has been shot on our team yet.

professional hockey player

You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take.

(1961 – ) Canadian hockey player & owner

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

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

I'd trade Larry Murphy for a shaved monkey who could skate and a bucket of pucks.

My face is my mask.

Canadian professional hockey goalie

The weak teams are Boston and New York; the strong ones are Toronto, Chicago, Montreal, and Gordie Howe.

professional hockey player

I didn't hear him because my two Stanley Cup rings were plugging my ears.

professional hockey player

If you play well and win you’re a heck of a leader; you don't win your an okay leader, and if you don't play well and you don't win your a lousy leader.

Canadian hockey player & executive

Was Wayne Gretzky sick?

Canadian hockey player

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

I usually call the new guy and let him know where I like to sit on the bus, tell him ways he can stay out of my way, make sure he knows not to touch any of my stuff.

(1969 – ) Canadian ice hockey player & executive

It's going to be nice to be embarrassed in practice instead of games.

Canadian hockey player

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

(1909 – 1973) American sports journalist

Tell him he’s Wayne Gretzky.

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

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

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