Subject: Sports » Hockey (Page 6)

Hockey’s the only place where a guy can go nowadays and watch two white guys fight.


(1938 – 2017) American sportswriter & novelist

We hate each other. People assume that we respect each other because we’re black. We don’t.

Canadian hockey player & commentator

So what? I can play Smoke on the Water.

American hockey goaltender

We take the shortest route to the puck and arrive in ill humor.

professional hockey player

We're right next to Mile High Stadium. I'm no rocket scientist, but… uh… [smile]

Canadian hockey player

Ice hockey is a form of disorderly conduct in which the score is kept. 

(1926 – ) newspaper columnist

My goal is to deny yours.

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 play badly I’ll pick a fight in the third, just to get into a fight. I’ll break a guy’s leg to win, I don’t care. Afterward I say, ‘Yeah, all right I played badly, but I won the fight so who gives a damn.'

Canadian hockey player

I'm okay. Russian machine never breaks.

Russian hockey player

I was hoping I could still be an underwear model after my career is over.

Canadian hockey player

People didn't know the difference between a blue line and a clothes line.

sports announcer

I just tape four Tylenols to it.

Russian hockey player

He scored hockey by the number of fights. If you lost seven to one, but won five fights, he figured you won the game.

Canadian businessman, sportsman & owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs

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

Canadian hockey player

If you keep your opposition on their ass, they don’t score goals.

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

I guess it's why you never say never. The only thing you can never do is ski through a revolving door.

hockey coach

I grabbed it and squeezed it back into place. It gave a little crunch and popped right in.

Canadian hockey player

We've made a final offer. We hope [player] Ziggy Palffy will come to his senses. We have NO hope his agent will.

American player, coach & general manager

I quit coaching because of illness and fatigue; the fans were sick and tired of me.

Canadian hockey player

All hockey players are bilingual; they know English and profanity.

(1928 – ) Canadian professional ice hockey player