Quotes About Hockey

Halifax is a big hockey city. Everyone loves the game here and really enjoys anyone who has had success.

When I was playing street hockey, I really thought that I had some skills!

I was lucky enough to have a hockey career in the NHL.

Hockey is my first love, and I devote most of my time to hockey only. But if I get time, I won't mind working in films, too.

I have met people who have called me the god of hockey, but in my head, I know who I am.

Because of so much fastness in the game, those who play hockey and those who have knowledge about it, they enjoy the game. But the normal public doesn't like it.

I think Hero Hockey India League is the world's best hockey league.

I've been playing hockey since I was two-and-a-half, three years old.

If you're tanking to get a higher draft pick, you really shouldn't be playing hockey.

You need balance, and if you have dynamic people - I've always tried to assess the talent and say, 'Okay, how can we get better as a group and how can we win hockey games?'

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.

I remember starting hockey at age 7 and going to my first tryout and dreaming about how great it would be, and it's been even better. These 20 years in the NHL, it's been better.

I've tried so far to learn as much as possible. I think I've got a good grasp of what a hockey GM needs to do.

It's kind of funny the way it happened - the way I became a goalie. I was playing forward on this one team when I was little, and there was another team that needed a backup goalie. I mean, to me it just meant a chance to play more hockey, so I was all for it.

Martin Brodeur

I'm a regular hockey guy.

The thing about hockey for me is I'm really competitive and I like to have fun.

It's life, it's hockey. You just can't worry about it.

Hockey is the dream of all Swedes. They get the girls.

Where I grew up, hockey was the sport that 90 per cent of black kids at school played.

Every Christmas we went to my parents' cottage. My big brother would bring his buddies around, and we would play hockey games in the driveway.

I played hockey with the best of them.

I've always played hockey to win, not to get shutouts.

I believe God gave me the ability to play hockey, and I was helped by dozens of individuals along the way, so it's not just up to me on when it's time to say goodbye.