Hockey Quotes
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Being surrounded by hockey, I got forced into it as a kid. I started skating when I was 4 and had a rink only 10 minutes from my home. In my town, we had one outdoor rink and one indoor rink, so you could skate all year long. I lived by a lake, too, so we did a lot of skating on the lake.
Carl Hagelin
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For as long as I can remember I wanted to be a professional hockey player.
Mario Lemieux
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It was always so nice to step away from figure skating and school with hockey. To this day I'm still a huge fan.
Charlie White
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I tried all kinds of sports when I was a kid, like soccer and tennis and golf, and, in fact, started skating to be able to play hockey.
Patrick Chan
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I played pretty darn competitive-level hockey. Then the good old knee injury. Obviously, it's a blessing in disguise, but growing up Canadian, that's our religion, that's our football.
Taylor Kitsch
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When I was a kid, I loved figure skating. But in Mexico, they kind of push you toward hockey.
Christian Cota
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We'll have clinics and educational events and conferences to get more and more young players developing as hockey players.
Gary Bettman
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Hockey has given me everything, most importantly it brought me to Swift Current, where I met my wife Deb.
Joe Sakic
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I think for me, personally, I'm a guy who has watched ESPN ever since I've been growing up. You turn it on, and it's one of the first stories - the Blackhawks and hockey, which you don't really see on that station. That's cool to see.
Patrick Kane
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If you're a sports fan, it is really cool when you see the best-on-best for hockey at the Olympics.
Gary Bettman
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My rooting interest these days is first and foremost competitive hockey, and secondly in officials not making a mistake.
Gary Bettman
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Thank you for reminding Canada that I'm a disappointment to them. I like hockey, I love it, but I'm not an avid hockey - let's face it, true Canadian - fan. I've always been more into snowboarding and skateboarding and sort of the alternative sports, I'm not crazy about hockey - but love it!
Dustin Milligan