“I find that I've tried to become a better hockey player every year and not just hold on. At the same time, I've also made it a point to increase or grow in some other area of my life. If I were just playing hockey, I would probably be done with the sport.” IfsYearsMadeDoneGrowsSportsPlayerAreasIncreaseMade ItHockeyHockey PlayerPlaying Hockey Author:Angela Ruggiero
“I've always loved sports and hockey is a sport I play as much as I can. I love it. In a weird way it's like church and therapy and exercise all rolled up into one. I mean when I play hockey I don't think about anything.” ThinkingWayMeanI CanPlaySportsChurchExerciseTherapyHockey Author:Michael Vartan
“We've got a pretty close family. Just ended fourteen years of travel hockey with two boys. My daughter was always a part of that. So there's a lot of trips to the hockey games. As I tell idiotic, stupid, youth-sport parents, it's about the drive there and the drive back, not about the trophy or how your kid played. We've always had a good relationship with our kids. You're driving with them and talking to them at the age of eight. It became this adventure and they learned to love it. You connect, you really do. It's not for every family.” YearsTwoKidsAgeGamesSportsParentTalkingBoysStupidYouthAdventureDaughterEightDrivingMy DaughterHockeyFourteenTrophiesIdioticGood RelationshipYouth SportsClose Family Author:Jeff Daniels
“It's not only hockey, it's every sport. You know, it's a big event.” KnowsBigsSportsEventsHockeyBig Events Author:Peter Forsberg
“There is something about Game 7 that there's a memory there for you for sure. You want to be a coach or a manager or a player or a goaltender that gets it done, because to me, that's all part of sports. That's what you dream about when you're a little kid - scoring the winning goal.” WantLittlesDoneDreamKidsGamesWinningSportsGoalMemoriesPlayerCoachesManagersHockeyLittle KidNhlGet It Done Author:Mike Babcock
“My opinion is there should NOT be an MVP award [in hockey]. The Olympic teams sports shouldn't acknowledge individuality. And if there is going to be such an award a player on the losing team who lets in the losing goal shouldn't get it.” IfsShouldSportsGoalOpinionPlayerTeamLosingIndividualityAcknowledgeAwardsHockeySports TeamMvp Author:Michael Wilbon
“Football can stand parity better than any of the other sports, I think. Baseball, basketball and hockey need a defining team, in essence to frame the season. Football? Not so much.” ThinkingNeedsSportsTeamFootballBasketballEssenceBaseballSeasonsHockeyDefiningParity Author:Michael Wilbon
“A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.” PlaySportsHistoryPlayerAthleteMotivational SportsHockeyInspirational SportsAthleticNhlMotivational Inspirational SportsIce HockeyPuckGreat SportsBest SportsGreatest SportsAwesome SportsGreat AthleteGreat Inspirational SportsFunny SportsGreat Motivational SportsHockey PlayerAthletic MotivationalAthletic InspirationalPlaying SportsPopular SportsFunny Inspirational SportsGreat HockeySports CompetitionFunny HockeyGreat AthleticGood SportsPlaying HockeyMotivational HockeyGreatest HockeyHockey FanAthletic CompetitionInspirational HockeyHockey SticksGood Hockey Author:Wayne Gretzky
“Hockey is a unique sport in the sense that you need each and every guy helping each other and pulling in the same direction to be successful.” NeedsHelpingGuySportsSuccessfulUniqueBeing SuccessfulHockeyPullingHelping Each Other Author:Wayne Gretzky
“I think that from the time you start playing sports as a child you see that your responsibility to your team is to play the best that you can play as an individual... and yet, not take anything away from being part of a team.” ThinkingChildrenPlayIndividualSportsEffortResponsibilityTeamHockeyPlaying Sports Author:Wayne Gretzky
“I don't like my hockey sticks touching other sticks, and I don't like them crossing one another, and I kind of have them hidden in the corner. I put baby powder on the ends. I think it's essentially a matter of taking care of what takes care of you.” ThinkingKindEndsMatterCareSportsBabySticksCornersTake CareHockeyTouchingNhlCrossingsPowderIce HockeyGreat HockeyMotivational HockeyHockey Sticks Author:Wayne Gretzky
“The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.” HardMotivationalSportsWorkPayDogHard WorkHighestDeterminationAthleteMotivational SportsComplimentHockeyWork EthicInspirational SportsAthleticNhlMotivational Inspirational SportsGreat SportsAthlete MotivationalMotivational WorkBest SportsShort SportsShort Inspirational SportsTeam WorkingGreatest SportsShort Motivational SportsBest AthleteAwesome SportsInspirational AthleteGreat AthleteGreat Inspirational SportsGreat Motivational SportsGreatest AthleteAthletic MotivationalAthletic InspirationalMotivational TeamworkHard Work MotivationalMotivation And Hard WorkGreat HockeyTeam MotivationalTeam MotivationHockey TeamGreat AthleticValue Of Hard WorkFamous Hard WorkingGreat Work EthicMotivational HockeyGreatest HockeyInspirational HockeySatisfaction In WorkWork Hard Play Hard Author:Wayne Gretzky
“I wasn't naturally gifted in terms of size and speed; everything I did in hockey I worked for, and that's the way I'll be as a coach.” WayMotivationalSportsTermSizeSpeedCoachesHockeyGifted Author:Wayne Gretzky
“I tried all kinds of sports when I was a kid, like soccer and tennis and golf, and, in fact, started skating to be able to play hockey.” KindPlayFactsKidsAbleSportsGolfAll KindsSoccerTennisHockeySkating Author:Patrick Chan
“You don't win by being good. You win with hard work and sacrifice. Without that, skill is just potential.” HardMotivationalWinningSportsWorkSacrificeHard WorkSkillsGoodnessBe GoodHockeySkillful Book:Orr: My Story Source: Orr: My Story
“Whether the guys are nervous or just had mental breakdowns, it happens. The game is a game of mistakes. And how you deal with them and correct them and all the things like that is what makes this game great and makes hockey the sport it is.” HappensGuyGamesSportsDealsMistakeNervousHockeyBreakdownMental Breakdown Author:Chris Pronger
“I was always interested in sport. My family are big sports' fans. We always had all the locals round watching big sporting events. I wasn't particularly sporty myself. I played a lot of hockey and rode, still do ride, but I just had a general interest in it. When I was given the opportunity to do sport stories I used to grab them.” StillsStoriesBigsUsedOpportunityGivenSportsInterestFansEventsMy FamilyRoundsLocalsHockeySports FanSporting Events Author:Jill Douglas
“I wasn't the athletic kid in my family. Both of my brothers were on athletic scholarships and my dad played semi-pro hockey. My younger brother played pro hockey. I was the music kid. But I always loved sports. I grew up around it.” KidsSportsBrotherGrewDadGrew UpMy FamilyMy DadMy BrotherHockeyAthleticScholarshipYounger BrotherAthletic Scholarships Author:Trevor McNevan
“Growing up, I played about every sport imaginable except soccer and hockey. I've always had a passion for basketball. I remember actually playing basketball when I was two or three years old. The time I knew that I could really take my game to the next level.” YearsTwoRememberPassionThreeNextGamesSportsLevelsGrowing UpGrowingBasketballSoccerHockeyThree YearsNext LevelThree Year OldsPlaying Basketball Author:Dwight Howard
“Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired.” InspirationalMotivationalSportsMistakeFireNflCoachingHockeyEliminatingMotivational Inspirational SportsDownsizing Author:Lou Holtz
“All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity.” KnowsSportsPlayerHockeyNhlProfanityIce HockeyFunny SportsFunniest SportsHockey PlayerHockey TeamFunny HockeyHilarious SportsMotivational HockeyHockey FanBest Hockey Author:Gordie Howe
“You find that you have peace of mind and can enjoy yourself, get more sleep, and rest when you know that it was a one hundred percent effort that you gave - win or lose.” KnowsInspirationalMindMotivationalWinningSportsEnjoyLosesSleepEffortPercentHundredCompetitionAthleteMotivational SportsPeace Of MindHockeyInspirational SportsAthleticWinning And LosingWin Or LoseMotivational Inspirational SportsGreat SportsAthlete MotivationalWill To WinBest SportsShort SportsShort Inspirational SportsGreatest SportsShort Motivational SportsBest AthleteAwesome SportsInspirational AthleteEnjoy YourselfGreat AthleteGreat Inspirational SportsGreat Motivational SportsGreatest AthleteAthletic MotivationalInspiring AthleteAthletic InspirationalWinning LosingInspirational WinningFunny Inspirational SportsGreat HockeyTeam MotivationalGive 100 PercentTeam MotivationMotivation To WinSports CompetitionWinning SportsHockey TeamGreat AthleticWinning InspirationalMotivational WinningWinning MotivationalMotivational HockeyGreatest HockeyAthletic CompetitionInspirational HockeyGive It Your All Author:Gordie Howe
“A lot of people think that you have to specialize in one sport from an early age in order to turn pro. Most of my teammates played a lot of different sports when we were kids. I liked to golf, water ski and play baseball. That helped me develop other aspects of my game and made me WANT to be on the ice even more once hockey season started.” PeopleThinkingWantMadeDifferentPlayKidsAgeOrderTurnsGamesSportsWaterAspectBaseballSeasonsGolfIceHockeyTeammateSkis Author:Pat LaFontaine
“When I looked into the story of Soviet hockey and its players, I realized that it has nothing to do with hockey. It was a larger story using hockey as a window into the story of the rise and fall of the Soviet Union, the Russian people, with friendships and betrayals, paranoia and oppression, and the meaning of sports to people and nations around the world, and how sports was used as a political tool.” PeopleWorldStoriesPoliticalUsedFallNationsSportsPlayerToolsWindowUnionsBetrayalI RealizedOppressionAround The WorldHockeySovietSoviet UnionParanoiaRise And Fall Author:Gabe Polsky