Herb Brooks Quotes


This is your time. Their time is done. It's over. I'm sick and tired of hearing about what a great hockey team the Soviets have. Screw 'em. This is your time. Now go out there and take it!


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Herb Brooks
Herb Brooks
  • Born: August 5, 1937
  • Died: August 11, 2003
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Ice Hockey Coach, Player

Herbert Paul Brooks Jr. was an American ice hockey player and coach. His most notable achievement came in 1980 as head coach of the gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic team at Lake Placid. At the Games, Brooks' American team upset the heavily-favored Soviet team in a match that came to be known as the "Miracle on Ice."