Quotes by Ice Hockey Player of the Authors - Page 18

All I've done all my life is just tried to better the game for our players and for those people watching.
Bobby Hull / Ice Hockey Player
Sports
Games
Player
All My Life
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Well, Brett was a pretty laid back kid and I think all the pressure was heaped upon my eldest boy, Bobby.
Bobby Hull / Ice Hockey Player
Eldest
Laid Back
Pressure
Bobby
Laid
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We are going to have to do something about all this violence, or people are going to keep buying tickets.
Conn Smythe / Ice Hockey Player
Leadership
Sports
Buying
People
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When you have bacon and eggs for breakfast, the chicken makes a contribution, the pig makes a commitment.
Fred Shero / Ice Hockey Player
Commitment
Eggs
Pigs
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I love all the different ways that New Yorkers show their individuality through what they choose to wear.
Henrik Lundqvist / Ice Hockey Player
Different
Different Ways
Individuality
New Yorkers
Way
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If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a miracle.
Jack Adams / Ice Hockey Player
Funny
Advice
Counseling
Humorous
Miracle
Pay
Use
Free
Either
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My mom's actually a Buddhist. My dad's a Christian and he was a Muslim, but he converted to Christianity.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Dad
Buddhist
Christianity
Actually
Converted
Muslim
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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 / Ice Hockey Player
Given
Hockey
Mets
Wife
Brought
Current
Importantly
Met
Swift
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I've done the same thing in the world of business that winners do in the game. I watch them, admire them.
Marcel Dionne / Ice Hockey Player
Done
Games
Watches
Same Thing
Winners
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When I go down the ice, I feel it, the wind in the side of my hair, and then I got the party in the back.
Patrick Kane / Ice Hockey Player
Ice
Wind
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I've got to play better and contribute more”. You've got to find another gear and come up with big games.
Sean Burke / Ice Hockey Player
Games
Gears
Play
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I don't spend a lot of time here in New York. I didn't realize there were so many Bruins fans in New York.
Bobby Orr / Ice Hockey Player
New York
Fans
Realizing
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Women are playing [hockey] because they love it, not because they’re trying to be a woman in a man’s game.
Cammi Granato / Ice Hockey Player
Men
Games
Hockey
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I'm competitive. I'd love another chance to be part of a Stanley Cup championship team. That'd be awesome.
Ed Belfour / Ice Hockey Player
Another Chance
Championship
Championship Team
Cups
Stanley
Stanley Cup
Team
Awesome
Competitive
Cup
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Finland has produced so many brilliant distance runners because back home it costs $2.50 a gallon for gas.
Esa Tikkanen / Ice Hockey Player
Funny
Inspirational
Running
Distance
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Individual records are nice to get, but before the season starts, you want to play to win the Stanley Cup!
Guy Lafleur / Ice Hockey Player
Nice
Play
Winning
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I yell at the players if I don't like the way they are playing. But when they're playing well, I hug them.
Jaromir Jagr / Ice Hockey Player
Hug
Player
Way
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I know how well I can play. I don't mention myself with the other players. I mention myself with the best.
Jaromir Jagr / Ice Hockey Player
I Can
Player
Wells
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Maybe one of the qualities of being a great coach is being [a jerk]. There are quite a few of them around.
Larry Robinson / Ice Hockey Player
Quality
Sports
Psychology
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I think the idea of the obstruction through the neutral zone and away from the puck was an excellent rule.
Mark Messier / Ice Hockey Player
Sports
Ideas
Obstruction
Puck
Thinking
Zone
Neutral
Rule
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Winning makes coaches, teammates, owners, fans all happy... I didn't care if we win 7-6 as long as we win.
Martin Brodeur / Ice Hockey Player
Coaches
Owners
Teammates
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When I got drafted I just wanted to play one game in the NHL. I didn't really care anything about winning.
Martin Brodeur / Ice Hockey Player
Nhl
Drafted
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No, that's not true. I didn't see his place that much, but he's a good kid and I had fun playing with him.
Patrick Kane / Ice Hockey Player
Kids
Fun
Nhl
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It's always good to get a goal on your first shift, but this was a game it seemed everything was going in.
Peter Forsberg / Ice Hockey Player
Sports
Games
Goal
Seemed
Shift
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My relationship and the bond with the people in Montreal was kind of special and doesnt happen very often.
Saku Koivu / Ice Hockey Player
Kind
People
Special
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I felt like an outsider. The only time you get to really know guys is on the ice, and I couldn't be there.
Saku Koivu / Ice Hockey Player
Ice
Only Time
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I knew if I wanted to be a general manager, I was going to have to leave to work for another organization.
Steve Yzerman / Ice Hockey Player
General Manager
Managers
Organization
Wanted
Manager
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To be honest, I don't remember what happened in '95, '96 and '97. It was hard years. My memory is deleting.
Alexander Ovechkin / Ice Hockey Player
Honest
Memory
To Be Honest
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If somebody going to tell you don't play video games on the road or at home, I'm not going to listen to it.
Alexander Ovechkin / Ice Hockey Player
Video Games
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It's tough to lose, but it's a lot tougher to lose knowing how good it is to win, how good it feels to win.
Brad Marchand / Ice Hockey Player
Good Lose Win
Tougher
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I just wore a cage my whole career coming up, and didn't feel a reason not to have some type of protection.
Brian Leetch / Ice Hockey Player
Cages
Careers
Protection
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It's an amazing honor to be the fourth Black hockey player to go into the Hall of Fame. It's a huge thrill.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Amazing
Black
Fame
Fourth
Hockey
Hockey Player
Honor
Huge
Thrill
Hall
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But once I left home to play hockey, it was a commitment to be the best I could be and try to make the NHL.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Commitment
Hockey
Nhl
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Obviously every one of them was special to that particular team, all the people that were involved with it.
Mark Messier / Ice Hockey Player
Sports
People
Team
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My first five years, I missed a ton of games. I had elbow surgery twice; I had wrist surgery, knee surgery.
Mike Fisher / Ice Hockey Player
Surgery
Elbow
Missed
Ton
Wrist
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My relationship and the bond with the people in Montreal was kind of special and doesn't happen very often.
Saku Koivu / Ice Hockey Player
Relationship
Montreal
Special
Bond
Happen
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I'm most comfortable definitely when I'm on the ice. I love to play. It's something that I just love to do.
Sidney Crosby / Ice Hockey Player
Comfortable
Ice
Play
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It's kind of ironic when I broke in at 17, I was told I was too small, too slow and I wouldn't make the NHL
Wayne Gretzky / Ice Hockey Player
Ironic
Kind
Nhl
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As a player you don't want to hurt someone and you don't want to see someone leave the ice with the doctors.
Alexander Ovechkin / Ice Hockey Player
Doctors
Hurt
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The most important thing is if you keep your body in good shape, you know what you have to do for your body.
Alexander Ovechkin / Ice Hockey Player
Good Shape
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They always try to play with our minds. But that won't work with our club. We've got 20 guys without brains.
Bobby Clarke / Ice Hockey Player
Hockey
Nhl
Play
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We want to be better players than we do a pest, but you have to find something to do coming into the League.
Brad Marchand / Ice Hockey Player
League
Coming
Pest
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My doctors say the more I continue to push, the more I can continue to raise that bar, the better I can get.
Chris Pronger / Ice Hockey Player
Bars
Doctors
Raises
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You can't always be the top player, but you can always contribute. I just want to win...that's what matters.
Jason Spezza / Ice Hockey Player
Player
What Matters
Winning
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The hype that follows me doesn't bug me. I expect more out of myself than anyone else does, that's for sure.
Jason Spezza / Ice Hockey Player
Bugs
Doe
Hype
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They just love to complain about me because I'm an American who gets more press than their Canadian players.
Jeremy Roenick / Ice Hockey Player
Complaining
Player
Presses
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Until you see the cross as that which is done _by_ you, you will never appreciate that it is done _for_ you.
John Scott / Ice Hockey Player
Appreciate
Crosses
Done
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We, as a league, must do a better job of protecting the integrity of the game and the safety of our players.
Mario Lemieux / Ice Hockey Player
Integrity
League
Safety
Better Job
Protecting
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Retiring today allows me to walk away from the game with pride, rather than have the game walk away from me.
Nicklas Lidstrom / Ice Hockey Player
Games
Pride
Today
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I'd be lying to you if I said guys weren't afraid of him. I'm afraid of him, afraid of him running in to me.
Paul Laus / Ice Hockey Player
Running
Hockey
Lying
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