Hockey Quotes
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I still have my teeth. I don't want to lose them at age 61 in some hockey game.
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Never mind what makes Canada's constitution so special. Probably something to do with hockey, or the inalienable right to poutine, or securing the blessings of Rick Moranis.
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I mean, I went to a Catholic boys school for a year, but that was to play hockey. Religion class was quite contentious for me.
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The greatest hockey player who ever lived: Bobby Orr, and I love him.
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I love hockey, and I don't love it for any other reason than when I get out there and play, I enjoy it.
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Even when you're being safe, eight hours of choreography makes you look like you've been through a war. It's hard. It's like playing hockey for eight hours.
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And if I want to get involved in choosing sides, I usually pick hockey or football.
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I've slept through a mild earthquake in Italy. And also a very tight hockey game where people were screaming their heads off.
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I'm an absolutely dreadful hockey player.
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When you think of hockey, when you think of Canada, you think of Wayne Gretzky.
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When you think of Canada, you think of hockey and you think of Wayne Gretzky.
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As the Olympic torch neared Lake Placid, N.Y., in 1980, signaling the opening of that year's Winter Olympics, newspapers and magazines throughout the world offered predictions on who would win medals in the major sports. Not a single publication gave the American men's hockey team a chance against the world powers.
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I love extreme sports, I like snowboarding and motorcross and rollerblading and hockey.
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I find that I've tried to become a better hockey player every year and not just hold on. At the same time, I've also made it a point to increase or grow in some other area of my life. If I were just playing hockey, I would probably be done with the sport.
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I didn't know that I'd like it this much, coaching both boys and coming out all the time and seeing how excited they are to play hockey. It reminds you of when you were that age and you wanted to be out on the ice.
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I never wanted to be an actor as a kid. I wanted to play hockey, like every other kid in Canada. I had a pretty good shot at it until I was 15 and badly injured myself.
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I think whenever anyone asked me why I wanted to be a hockey player, that's where it all started, watching the Winnipeg Jets play as a young kid.
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Hockey is its own game. It's completely different than all the other games, although it's getting way too close to soccer.
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I started ice-skating when I was about 12 or 13 and I was selected in the Australian team for ice hockey. I met my wife at St Moritz Ice Skating about 1955.
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Definitely, I got a reputation growing up playing on the guys' hockey teams. The guys knew how tough I was because I played with them. I got quite a good reputation for beating up boys going up through school.
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I can't wait for the crowd, the noise, the energy in the building. I can't wait to take that all away from them.
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Despite the fact that every sport this side of badminton worries about concussions that result in brain damage, CTE, the National Hockey League refuses to accept the overwhelming medical science. Good grief - the NHL still permits fights.
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When I walk down the street in New York, I swear to God, the building constructor, the guy pounding cement and what not, will yell, 'Hey, you hockey puck!'
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I'm a little bit superstitious, and I think that just comes from playing hockey. I won't avoid the number thirteen. A big one for me, though, is walking under a ladder. I've always felt like that's tempting fate. That's just throwing it right in their face. Check me out. I just walked under a ladder. What are you going to do about it?
