![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This helps to explain the lasting appeal of hockey to Canadians, and its rapid expansion in popularity in the U.S. Canada is hockey. - Mike Weir Hockey is the original extreme sport. - Tom Ward Outdoor hockey is what it is all about. - Paul Coffey People on the streets are ready for hockey. - Eric Lindros Chicago is an October sort of city even in spring. - Nelson Algren Figure skaters have awful perceptions of hockey players. - Kristi Yamaguchi I went to a fight the other night, and a hockey game broke out. - Rodney Dangerfield Isn't it wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago. - Dan Quayle All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity. - Gordie Howe Hockey seems completely lawless and, therefore, inexplicably sexy. - Rachel Nichols The greatest hockey player who ever lived: Bobby Orr, and I love him. - Donald S. Cherry By 1946, I knew Detroit was the best hockey city in the Original Six. - Ted Lindsay I didn't realize it was October until I saw the Chicago Cubs choking. - Jay Leno I love hockey because of the respect for history and for the game itself. - George Vecsey People know me from a hockey game, from an earthquake, from the O.J case. - Al Michaels Sometimes it just feels like the only thing you do is play hockey and eat. - Henrik Lundqvist My goal was to play in the NHL, because that is the best hockey in the world. - Jaromir Jagr You can't play hockey with a bald spot, so I'm hanging up the skates. - Joe Sakic When you think of hockey, when you think of Canada, you think of Wayne Gretzky. - Joe Sakic I still have my teeth. I don't want to lose them at age 61 in some hockey game. - Jim Flaherty I love extreme sports, I like snowboarding and motorcross and rollerblading and hockey. - Jeremy London I never looked at hockey as work. Now that I'd finished playing, I had to go to work. - Bobby Orr Our team lives hockey, it dreams hockey, it eats hockey. Now if it could only play hockey. - Milton Berle Canadian hockey fans... They boo me every time I go anywhere. Because I play for Team USA. - Brett Hull I like ice hockey. No one is ever going to ask me to write about that as a metaphor for life. - Steven Pinker I think the thing you always got to keep in mind, you know, hockey is a game of one-on-one battles. - Mark Messier Field hockey is my strongest sport, and if I lose a game, I take a long, hot bath and moan about it. - Emma Watson You do not play hockey for good seasons. You play to win the Stanley Cup. It has to be the objective. - Guy Lafleur We can make fun of hockey fans, but someone who enjoys Homer is indulging the same kind of vicarious bloodlust. - Steven Pinker I played basketball in high school, and I love watching sports - I'll watch everything except maybe hockey. - Andy Roddick One thing I carried my whole life, especially from my grandparents in Chicago, was a huge idealism for the world. - Abigail Washburn I have a huge interest in hockey because I grew up in Canada, where it's kind of the law that you love hockey. - Matthew Perry Hockey is a sport for white men. Basketball is a sport for black men. Golf is a sport for white men dressed like black pimps. - Tiger Woods I still play hockey every now and then, and I still golf. But my biggest exercise is walking my big dog in the park every day. - Michael J. Fox Hockey on roller skates is like MMA in a bounce house: the elements are there, but the medium makes the whole thing ridiculous. - David Walton Puck: 1. A hard rubber disc that hockey players strike when they can't hit one another; 2. Last week's left-over biscuit. - Daffynitions joe-ks.com When it comes to hockey, it's been in my blood since I was 3 or 4 years old. I love coaching the kids, especially at that level. - Mario Lemieux Baseball happens to be a game of cumulative tension but football, basketball and hockey are played with hand grenades and machine guns. - John Leonard When I walk down the street in New York, the building constructor, the guy pounding cement and what not, will yell, "Hey, you hockey puck!" - Don Rickles Playoff hockey is the best way to market your team. It's the best way to grow your fan base and give hope to your players and for them to develop. - Steve Yzerman see also Ice Hockey Section Close Shave eBay Bid Free Beer Helmet Salary Hockey Players Are Mean Hooking Penalty Leaf Blower for Sale Making Hockey More Popular Maple Leafs’ Playoff Plans Pregnant Ref Priceless Game Referee Thoughts Skeleton Leaf Fan Wife’s Nightie Zamboni Date Zamboni Fodder |
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