Herb Brooks Quotes


You know, Willie Wonka said it best: we are the makers of dreams, the dreamers of dreams.


Citations

Coffey, Wayne. The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team. Crown Publishers, 2005, p. 263.

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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."