Hockey League Quotes

Skating is big in Chicago. There's a lot of hockey; a lot of the boys play hockey. And figure skating is big.

Gary Bettman's a smart guy.

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

I've been playing hockey since I was five years old. It's a part of my life.

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

I think the NHL has done a great job of building the sport as far as getting the people's attention and letting them know what's going on in hockey - especially when the powers meet each other.

I grew up in Wisconsin loving hockey. I mean, I started when I was three years old on skates.

There's only one professional team in Columbus, the Blue Jackets, but Ohio State is a football state.

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

Here's how much I know about hockey. Mike Royko and I were in a tiny bar one winter night, and the radio kept reporting goals by the Blackhawks. I mentioned how frequently the team was scoring. 'You're listening to the highlights,' Royko observed.

If I was on a third or fourth line I would probably be in the NHL, because you don't have to produce every night.

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.

If you're going to play hockey now, you have to be able to play. If you have the ability to fight and play, you're an unbelievable commodity. But if you can only fight, there might be six of those guys left in the league, and I can guarantee they're going fast.

Hockey belongs to the Cartoon Network, where a person can be pancaked by an ACME anvil, then expanded - accordion-style - back to full stature, without any lasting side effect.

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

I love hockey, and I go to a lot of the games.

It's only 60,000. It's not a big town. It's a big hockey town. Everybody plays hockey when you grow up.

I really did love hockey. It was one of my favorite things to do.

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.

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.

HIL is a boon for Indian hockey.

I would love to do another hockey movie. There are a lot of people in Hollywood looking for the right hockey script.

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

I think Ovechkin is everything the NHL needs.

I grew up here in St. Albert, which is a city just north of Edmonton, and I went to Grade 10 here at Paul Kane High School. But then I went to junior in the WHL, Western Hockey League, at age 16. So I left and went to finish school at Norkam High School in Kamloops for grades 11 and 12.