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Half the game is mental; the other half is being mental.
~Jim McKenny
How would you like a job where, every time you make a mistake, a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo?
~Jacques Plante
Some people skate to the puck. I skate to where the puck is going to be.
~Wayne Gretzky
Street hockey is great for kids. It's energetic, competitive, and skilful. And best of all it keeps them off the street.
~Author Unknown
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
~Rodney Dangerfield
4 Out Of 5 dentists recommend playing hockey!
~Author Unknown
Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the bodies with dental records.
~Author Unknown
"Hockey is like a disease, you can't really shake it."
~Goaltender Ken Wregget
"I don't know if I find Brett Hull funny. But I can tell you this: He sure thinks he is."
~Dallas Star Craig Ludwig
"Get used to this phrase: how could both referees have missed that?"
~Mike Brophy of the Hockey News, on the new 2-referee-experiment in 1998
"He brings something special. I don't know what it is, but if you ask him, you couldn't understand his answer."
~Wayne Gretzky on Ranger forward Esa Tikkanen
"Ever since he's been a little boo-aw."
~Marc Crawford when asked how long Patrick Roy has been pronouncing his name "Roo-aw"
"We're right next to Mile High Stadium. I'm no rocket scientist, but...uh...(smile)."
~Dallas Center Brian Skrudland, when asked if he knew the elevation of the Colorado Avalanche Arena
"Hockey is a man's game. The team with the most real men wins."
~Brian Burke
"Some guys play hockey. Gretzky plays 40mph chess."
~Lowell Cohn, Sportswriter
When you pull on that jersey, the name on the front is a hell of alot more important than the one on the back.
~Herb Brooks
