“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.'” KnowsWantWellsEnoughPlayHappensCareKidsSchoolGuyIndividualGrowsStuffCareersWatchesGrowing UpTeamDon't CareHeyGood EnoughNhl Author:Mike Babcock
“It had been a great career. I mean, how many guys can say they averaged two points a game in their careers? It's too bad he's retiring too soon. The league is going to miss him. The fans are going to miss him. A real classy person and a great guy.” MeanPersonsTwoRealGuyGamesCareersFansMissingLeagueRetiringNhlGreat Guy Author:Johnny Bucyk
“I'm going through the neutral zone and I've got a guy tugging me through the whole way, if I don't go down, I'm not going to get a call.” IfsWayWholeGuyZoneNhlTugging Author:Paul Kariya
“Guys like him ruin it for everybody else. It's just embarrassing. Or maybe he's not embarrassed because he probably believes he's not doing it-that's how liars are.” BelieveGuyRuinsLiarsEmbarrassedEmbarrassingNhl Author:Chris Chelios
“To me, Kane's always been a good guy, a good teammate. I think now he's got a girlfriend. You can tell, he's 24, turning 25, he's not 18 or 19 anymore. It's kind of fun seeing him and Toews get a little bit older, have girlfriends. They're starting to stay in on a Friday night, watch a movie instead.” ThinkingKindLittlesNightGuyFunBitsWatchesSeeingLittle BitStartingGirlfriendFridayTeammateNhlGood GuyFriday NightGood TeamBlackhawks Author:Duncan Keith
“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.” IfsSaidHardGuyForgetSuccessfulHard WorkTrumpMetsMarriedBarsHeyGirlfriendBeing SuccessfulNever ForgetHockeyGood FriendNhlBar MitzvahMitzvah Author:Jason Spezza
“So here I am running at guys who aren't taller than 5-foot-8, and I'm the one who tears up his knee.” RunningGuyFeetTearsKneesHockeyNhlHere I Am Author:Chris Chelios
“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.” KnowsGivingLittlesGuyGamesLostBitsHavensLittle BitHockeyPretendingNhlLockersPepPep Talk Author:Tom McVie