Quotes About Hockey

I grew up in a hockey town.

I'm just really passionate about the game of hockey. It's all I know and I love it.

I've been a hockey fan since '84, probably.

I wake up every morning and say, 'I get to go play hockey.' It really is that cool for me.

Obviously, being a hockey fan, I always bought all of the hockey games, so that makes this 'NHL 2K7' cover even more special to me.

Usually when people eat sliders they're really hard because they're so small, so they're like hockey pucks.

There is no shortage of talent in hockey in India.

My first love was hockey, but it seemed the more I skated and danced with Tessa, the more I fell in love with the sport.

I've lived and breathed hockey my entire life.

My father played hockey until he was 18.

Hockey has changed drastically over the years. Indian greats then played on grass. Now we play on astro-turf.

We have an edge over the Asian countries because we are playing European and Indian style of hockey, but we need to perform consistently.

I don't think you're going to see any hockey player tell the media or anyone they're the best player in the world. It's just not who we are.

Like I said, a 30-year-old hockey player, even when I came to New York when I was 30, I was on the downside of my career, pretty much the end of my career.

For as long as I can remember I wanted to be a professional hockey player.

I was a better hockey player than I was a baseball player.

My hope, it's not only my hope, but all of the NHL hopes to raise hockey in China because it's a good country to raise hockey.

The Kings played out of the Memorial Community Centre, an old wooden barn like you'd see in other Prairie towns. It was built after World War II and the Kings were the biggest thing in town. The Memorial was packed for every game - maybe 3,000 when we'd play the Kenora Muskies or other rival towns. It seemed like everyone in town came out to games.

Playing in the OHL, people expect you to get a ton of points. When you go out and have a good game it's almost like people expect that out of you.

We've met a ton of pro hockey players, got to know them, our music plays in their locker rooms. We've always taken pride in that.

I am like the Jack Nicholson of the Kings - every single game. If there was a game tonight I wouldn't be here. I used to play hockey. That was my original thing. My first thing, I wanted to play professional hockey.

Fighting is one of those things that gets tons of attention, far more than it deserves.

'Top Chef' is always entertaining - it's hard to stop watching, like a good hockey fight, but no one gets hurt. It's great that the format is so inherently dramatic and can make cooking so entertaining to people who might not ordinarily be interested in a cooking show. Good for the industry all round.

I was in Toronto with my parents, and my dad took me to an outdoor hockey rink. I was 3 or 4, and I just remember everything about that day. For some reason, I thought, 'This is it. This is what I'm supposed to do.' And this is around the time that Gretzky came to L.A., so I immediately joined a hockey league.