Max Aaron Quotes

I was a right-winger, but I was all over the ice.

When I played, you had a lot of enforcers. You would go to the hole, get knocked down, and the referee would look at you and say, 'Get stronger, get up, and keep playing.'

Being an agitator gives me an opportunity to draw penalties against the other team. That's one part that brings emotion to my game.

Whenever you get Brianna Decker on the ice, and Emily Field and Amanda Pelkey, people are just going to go fast and push the pace.

I was happy to ski and play a lot of ice hockey. But I've come back because I was - and am - a racing driver. This is what I do.

In the '80s, when Gretzky came to the World Championships in the second or third game, you'd see this guy skating circles around the other ones. Unbelievable.

Everyone should play like Adrian Peterson. This guy does everything full speed. Pro Bowl - promoting himself for MVP.

We take the shortest route to the puck and arrive in ill humor.

Hockey seems completely lawless and, therefore, inexplicably sexy.

When you're on the ice, you have very little time, you see very little, and everything happens really quick.

Hockey is the original extreme sport.

With Westbrook and myself, I can see the dog that he has in him. He's got that fire that he won't back down from anybody. His game is a little different than mine because he's a fast, get to the bucket type of player, finishing above the rim and things like that.

My game was all about strength and mauling opponents.

The Premier League is a different kind of league, in terms of physical play.

So with the skinnier guys, you definitely want to make sure you get a body on them; that's how you take away big guy's length, by getting into their bodies.

I love when people try to be physical with me. They think that's the way to try to guard me and to get physical with me. I use that to my advantage.

I saw the older kids entering the rink carrying hockey sticks and bags, and I was fascinated by the equipment. Once I started skating faster, I was attracted to the speed and dynamics of hockey. I never looked back!

I like to have the puck when I have speed. You know, then I'm dangerous.

In North America ice was smaller because in Russia we have big ice and this is small ice and it's a more physical game. Russia has more technicals and this has more speed and is a more physical game.

When I played in a 21-team league, there were six or seven goalies who were just average, and the equipment and pads were smaller. I came in the right era. I played for the right team. It was all speed, and creativity and imagination.

There are rough players and there are dirty players. I'm rough and dirty.

I saw the rebound and when the puck came to me, I said, oh my God, puck, I must shoot.

Ice hockey is the closest thing to religion permitted by the Soviet Union.

Most people that do play nowadays hit really hard. It was good to get someone that hit really hard early on.

One of the key qualities that you need to be a great hockey player is fantastic anticipation and feel for the game - if you know where the puck is going before it is hit, that is half the battle.