Hockey Quotes
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One of the great rules of hockey is: On the Stanley Cup, all germs are healthy.
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I know you define leads by goals having the lead, but we never really had the lead.
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In a weird way, hockey is like church and therapy and exercise all rolled up into one.
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I somewhere along the way became fascinated with exploring characters who are willing to put themselves into violent situations, whether it's football, hockey, boxing, being a cop, being a soldier. There's not a lot of people who are willing to put themselves into those situations.
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There were a number of reasons why I wanted to get back to playing in a good hockey environment and I think they have that here in Vancouver.
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The league is sending a clear-cut message: We want a great brand of hockey, we want it to be exciting. I think we've reached that goal so far in the season and incidents where there will be an intent to injure or there will be an injury, there will be a price to play.
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It seems like we're doing just enough to lose by a little.
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I was in Toronto with my parents, and my dad took me to an outdoor hockey rink. I was 3 or 4, and I just remember everything about that day. For some reason, I thought, 'This is it. This is what I'm supposed to do.' And this is around the time that Gretzky came to L.A., so I immediately joined a hockey league.
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There are certain guys that think they know hockey because they follow it on the Internet.
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Playing hockey, there were a lot of guys bigger than me, so I knew I was going to get hit and have to deal with it. Gotta hit back.
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It's the nuts and bolts time of the year and we don't have enough nuts and bolts.
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I used to coach a lot of hockey. I'd love to be a hockey coach, a bit more of a dramatic role and not comedic. I would go back to my hockey roots, that would be fun.
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I love Boston. I come here all the time and play pick-up ice hockey with friends in Concord and Bedford.
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I don't care what people say about me and what they think about me. I care about my team and I care about myself. Lots of people watch hockey, and I think everybody has different thinking.
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I love hockey because of the respect for history and for the game itself.
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Today is a very sad day across the hockey world and here in Atlanta. Boom Boom was an incredible man who meant a great deal to me, and I'm fortunate to have called him a friend and a mentor.
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He should be worried about playing the game, not innovating it. He thinks he's Brett Hull or something. You should remind him that he didn't go to college. He's a junior (hockey) guy. So he's not that bright.
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Personally I don't believe in standing on the ice, or jamming the blueline, waiting. I have always told my players that hockey has to be played on your toes.
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It is so important to me to have my time away from hockey. Obviously, hockey is my passion; I love it. But definitely for me, time away from the rink and time when my mind isn't thinking about hockey is important.
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Right now we are playing good hockey and making a push for the playoffs. I thought the effort was great and we are skating very well.
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He stepped in there and did a great job, coming in off the bench isn't easy. We started to play our style of hockey. From there, we started to roll and knew we could compete.
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We're not only hockey players. A lot of guys have families and girlfriends. You can't just think about hockey 24-7.
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Outdoor hockey is what it is all about.
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It's odd, that's why I don't like telling people I played field hockey. It's real big in Australia for guys. But I say I played in America, and everybody goes, 'Oh, you girl!'