![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This helps to explain the lasting appeal of hockey to Canadians, and its rapid expansion in popularity in the U.S. Every day is a great day for hockey. - Mario Lemieux Hockey is the original extreme sport. - Tom Ward Hockey is figure skating in a war zone. - Unknown To succeed in hockey, you need teamwork. - Henry Samueli Chicago is an October sort of city even in spring. - Nelson Algren Some guys play hockey. Gretzky plays 40-mph chess. - Lowell Cohn Figure skaters have awful perceptions of hockey players. - Kristi Yamaguchi 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 For me, baseball is more comparable to chess than it is to hockey. - Jeff Garlin 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 My wife likes the hockey smell because it's the smell of a warrior. - David Walton I was asked to come to Chicago because Chicago is one of our 52 states. - Raquel Welch 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'm not a hockey fan, which is probably why I had to leave Canada in the first place. - Ryan Reynolds 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 Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the body with dental records. - Unknown 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 I love those hockey moms. You know what they say the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull is? Lipstick. - Sarah Palin One thing I carried my whole life, especially from my grandparents in Chicago, was a huge idealism for the world. - Abigail Washburn 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 If you're skinny and you can't play hockey in Canada, you aren't left with a lot of options. I was left with running. - Malcolm Gladwell Baseball happens to be a game of cumulative tension but football, basketball and hockey are played with hand grenades and machine guns. - John Leonard I found my prince - he's a hockey player and we met at an NHL event, the last place I'd ever expect to meet someone, but there he was. - Carol Alt 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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