Jaromir Jagr Quotes

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

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.

Listen, everything I have in my life is because of the NHL and because of hockey, and I love the game and I loved every minute of being a player, I loved coaching, I loved being involved in the NHL.

I'm in the NHL and I'll take whatever reputation I can to get here and to stay here.

Hockey is a year-round job.

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

The thing is, playing with us, whoever was the left winger had to come to play every night because that's the way it was. Charlie came in and he just fit that role - big and strong around the net.

For as long as I can remember I wanted to be a professional hockey player.

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

I feel pressure every day. It is only pressure that I put on myself, but I would expect all professional sportspeople to feel pressure to perform their best whenever they are at work.

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 think sometimes when you play those extra shifts, it gets you into the game a little bit more and gets you a little bit more involved.

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

None of the boys from my town made it in the N.H.L.

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

The guys who don't get a lot of minutes, you get a lot more practice, you're on the ice, you're getting maybe a better workout, though you might not be getting all of the game stuff.

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

Being the heavy favorite is not always a good thing because of the amount of pressure on an athlete.

Sometimes when you start playing games you don't get as many practices and you don't get as many touches. People think you have the puck the whole time during a game - you really don't.

The NHL is the best in the world, it has the best players. I love the NHL.

That really helps a player, knowing when they're going to go in the game and what they need to do when they get in there, what to expect.

There's always going to be pressure on your place. It's 11 cricketers. There's always going to be other cricketers outside the team doing well.

Even in Canada, I never even played ice hockey. I never skated in my life; I always did rollerblade street hockey.

Everyone will expect me to score in every game, which probably isn't realistic, but I'll go out trying to do that.

I played hockey until I was 13 or 14 years old.