Mario Lemieux Quotes

My goal was to play in the NHL, because that is the best hockey in the world.

For me, my hockey career is all about the Devils.

If I weren't acting, I think I'd want to be a professional hockey player.

I think whenever anyone asked me why I wanted to be a hockey player, that's where it all started, watching the Winnipeg Jets play as a young kid.

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

I hope one day I will be able to play in a game in the NHL, not just practice.

It's an honour and a thrill and a privilege just to play in the NHL.

Since the beginning, I always loved the game. When you grow up in Montreal, one day you want to be a professional hockey player. When I was six or seven, I knew that was what I wanted.

You see a hockey player, you'd never know he's a professional athlete. But you put the skates on him, and he becomes a beast.

I wanted to be a hockey player. Where I grew up, the basketball courts were rarely used. I was terrible in school and actually said, 'I'm going to be a hockey player.'

It was a fun ride. I've enjoyed my time on the ice and I've enjoyed more and more people getting interested in the game of hockey.

It's a big step to be drafted. Ultimately, it's everybody's dream. That's where you start thinking about making the team, maybe about winning the Stanley Cup.

Maybe playing in the NHL would be pretty nice, but that's more of a pipe dream for me.

I was always a decent hockey player, but I'd have never made the NHL.

Hockey is a year-round job.

I never wanted to be an actor as a kid. I wanted to play hockey, like every other kid in Canada. I had a pretty good shot at it until I was 15 and badly injured myself.

I always played hockey, I was always a hockey fan, but I was never bitten by the hockey bug... I never looked into playing it professionally.

I played hockey in North Dakota growing up and watch a lot of that.

As a hockey player, playing for an Original Six team at Madison Square Garden, where it's packed every night, there's nothing like it.

I wasn't good enough to be a professional soccer player obviously but that was my first goal in life.

Many medal winners dream of competing in a sport other than the one they're famous for.

I love hockey, and I don't love it for any other reason than when I get out there and play, I enjoy it.

No, I grew up admiring people who played ice hockey.

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.

I played hockey my whole life until my ambition outstripped my ability, which happens to most Canadians around 15 or 16 years old.