Hockey Quotes
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I was in the hockey team in school, played football. One of the challenges for me was to make the team feel better. It helped me evolve, so batting at different positions was never a problem.
Rahul Dravid
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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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Listen, everything I have in my life is because of the NHL and because of hockey, and I love the game and I loved every minute of being a player, I loved coaching, I loved being involved in the NHL.
Wayne Gretzky
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I grew up in the Midwest, so we really didn't have much hockey going on.
Bill Goldberg
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I'm not getting caught in a club at 2 o'clock in the morning. I'm going to basketball games and hockey games and going to events and dinners.
Matt Harvey
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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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Hockey is a tough, physical game, and it always should be.
Mario Lemieux
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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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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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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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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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In terms of soccer, it wasn't really a thing that girls did. In England it more kind of Net Ball and Hockey and stuff like that in athletics. It's to each their own, really.
Parminder Nagra
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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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If you're skinny and you can't play hockey in Canada, you aren't left with a lot of options. I was left with running.
Malcolm Gladwell
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A series of rumors about my attitude, as well as derogatory remarks about myself and my family showed me that the personal resentment of the Detroit general manager toward me would make it impossible for me to continue playing hockey in Detroit.
Ted Lindsay
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4chan's culture is unique and spreads and draws people in like no other. It's also important to realize that 4chan wasn't some overnight success, and there was never 'hockey stick' - like growth.
Christopher Poole
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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
