Subject: Sports » Hockey (Page 11)

There are rough players and there are dirty players. I'm rough and dirty.

Slovak-born Canadian hockey player

Two people fighting is not violence in hockey. It might be in tennis or bowling, but it's not in hockey.

Canadian hockey goalie & coach

Playing goal is like being shot at.

professional hockey goalie

I'd rather fight than score.

Canadian hockey player

The kid looks good in his first game.

(1928 – ) Canadian professional ice hockey player

I think he knows all my tricks. Or the fact I don't have any tricks.

(1969 – ) Canadian ice hockey player & executive

I'm not dumb enough to be a goalie.

Canadian-born American hockey player

You can throw anything in our house, but we’ll just let it roll off our backs

The place was cold, and I got the feeling that the fans would have enjoyed baseball more if it had been played with a hockey puck.

professional baseball player

Optimistically, you hope someday you’ll be in a magazine. Of course, your mom hopes it’s Sports Illustrated or something like that.

American hockey player & coach

I had to pinch myself seeing the grassy knoll and the book suppository building.

Canadian hockey player

Aren’t all coaches interim coaches?

Canadian ice hockey coach

I told her they must be all sold out.

Canadian hockey player

It takes brains; it's not like forward, where you can get away with scoring and not play defense… on defense you have to be thinking.

American hockey player

Every day you guys look worse and worse. And today you played like tomorrow.

American hockey player & coach

Aww, don't worry Doc, if that happens, I can always come back as a forward!

Canadian hockey player

When you have bacon and eggs for breakfast, the chicken makes a contribution, the pig makes a commitment.

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

Bob Kelly was so dumb, they shoulda written his name on the Stanley Cup in crayon.

American sports announcer

We know how much fans enjoy a good brawl, so we are going to guarantee a fight. If there is not a single five-minute fighting major given to a player, every fan in attendance will receive a free ticket to the following home game.