Nhl Quotes

Growing up, if I hadn't had sports, I don't know where I'd be. God only knows what street corners I'd have been standing on and God only knows what I'd have been doing, but instead I played hockey and went to school and stayed out of trouble.

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

I had all my own teeth and I wanted to keep it that way.

It's always good to have the building filled - even if it's with low-IQ Rangers fans.

Yes, and I also like jumping out of tall buildings.

All that means is that I'll be 783 years old when I catch Scotty Bowman.

I just tape four Tylenols to it.

You try to squeeze a little more Charmin in the pads when you face him.

I have to thank the guy who fired me because he was also the guy who hired me.

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

He had better get married soon, because he's getting uglier every day!

One thing I hate is people screaming at me. If you want me to do something, talk to me. When someone screams at me to hurry up, I slow down.

Ranger fans are the rudest and they're proud of it, I'm sure.

I've always felt we weren't physical enough on the back line. Now there's a no - parking sign in front of our net.

He should be worried about playing the game, not innovating it. He thinks he's Brett Hull or something. You should remind him that he didn't go to college. He's a junior (hockey) guy. So he's not that bright.

I go from locker to locker, pretending the guys are here. You know, give them a little bit of a pep talk. It must be working, because we haven't lost a game yet.

When you pull on that jersey, you represent yourself and your teammates, and the name on the front is a hell of a lot more important than the one on the back. Get that through your head!

It seems like we're doing just enough to lose by a little.

The only way a kid is going to practise is if it's total fun for him... and it was for me.

I told her they must all be sold out.

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.

It must be the body. It's chiseled out of marshmallows.

People would say, 'Girls don't play hockey. Girls don't skate.' I would say, 'Watch this.'

The kids just aren't the same today.

Oh, yes, I love sleepless nights.

I just made up my mind that I was going to lose my teeth and have my face cut to pieces.

You can have all the talent in the world, but if the pumper's not there, it doesn't matter.

Forget about style; worry about results.

To his US Olympic team - Every day you guys look worse and worse. And today you played like tomorrow.

I know I'm not very popular on Long Island. I don't know who's less popular, me or Joey Buttafuoco.

Aw, don't worry about that Doc. If it happens I could always come back as a forward.

Man is that guy ripped. I mean, I've got the washboard stomach, too. It's just that mine has about two months of laundry on top of it.

They do a lot of talking, but I'm not sure they actually understand each other.

You can always get someone to do your thinking for you.

If I can be half the hockey player that Bobby Orr was, I'll be happy.

Since the beginning, I always loved the game. When you grow up in Montreal, one day you want to be a professional hockey player. When I was six or seven, I knew that was what I wanted.

Sometimes people ask, 'Are hockey fights real?' I say, 'If they weren't, I'd get in more of them.

Arrive at the net with the puck and in ill humor.

By far Gretzky is the most talented player ever. Every time he gets the puck something exciting happens.

You know what happens to guys? There's what I call the individual time of their career, and the team time of their career. This is the team time. You don't care about all the other stuff. You just want to live in one place, and watch your kids grow up and go to the same school. You say, 'Hey, maybe I'd better play well and be a good enough guy that they keep me.'

If they can play eight more years, then I can too. I'm in better shape than they are.

I was well-rounded, I'd been to college. It wasn't that I couldn't do anything else. I wanted to stay in sports, but if I couldn't think, how was I going to play?

I'm not planning a career change - not unless they need someone who constantly falls on the ice and is out of breath all the time.

We don't care what that bug-eyed fat walrus has to say.

My teeth weren't that good to begin with, so hopefully I can get some better ones.

They left us together for a reason. Let's show them why.

I was 13 or 14 and I met Donald Trump at a bar mitzvah of a good friend of ours, who's friends with him. He had his girlfriend at the time with him, that Melania with him. He said, 'Hey guys, if you work hard and be successful, you'll get one of these.' I'll never forget that. And now he's married to her.

There are two types of forwards. Scorers and bangers. Scorers score and bangers bang.

The only way you can check Gretzky is to hit him when he is standing still singing the national anthem.

We're going to be the best in the league at something. We're deep in anthem singers.