Subject: Sports » Hockey (Page 2)

I’m really no different than anybody else; except that sometimes I get my name in the paper.

Canadian professional hockey player

She doesn't pay me anything. I pay her. Besides, what position can she play?

Toronto Maple Leafs owner

If he had another hair on his back, he'd be up a tree.

Canadian hockey player

How would you like it in your job if every time you made a small mistake, a red light went on over your desk and 15,000 people stood up and yelled at you?

professional hockey goalie

I don’t live in the fast lane – I live on the off ramp.

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

Daneyko got mad when Kaminski said he was going to knock his teeth out. Dano only has two teeth left, so you can't say that to Dano.

Canadian hockey player & coach

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

He just got me in the right spot. In the small of the back. A good, clean, dirty hit… not that I didn't deserve it.

American hockey player

Trade Steve Yzerman? That's like asking me if I want to trade my son Jason for the kid next door.

Canadian hockey coach & politician

If I get run into again, I'm taking someone with me. I lost one knee. I'll take a head if it happens again.

Canadian hockey goaltender

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

We get nose jobs all the time in the NHL, and we don't even have to go to the hospital. 

Canadian hockey player

They say you're not a coach in the league till you've been fired. I must be getting pretty good.

Canadian hockey player & coach

I'm glad it's him and not some other puke.

Canadian hockey player

Our system of forechecking is to shoot the puck and leave it there.

Canadian hockey coach, general manager & commentator

A goal, an assist and a fight.

American ice hockey player

He shortened my career having to chase him around the ice all the time.

Canadian ice hockey player & coach

The only way we could have, was to have shot him before the game started.

Canadian hockey player & coach

He brings something special. I don’t know what it is, but if you ask him, you couldn’t understand his answer.

(1961 – ) Canadian hockey player & owner

Three years ago, I couldn't spell author. Now I am one.

Canadian hockey player, coach & commentator

He said he wanted to go play in his home country and village; I guess every village needs an idiot.