Hockey Player – Quotes

My parents are from

My parents are from the former Soviet Union, from Ukraine, and I grew up wanting to be a professional hockey player. Gabe Polsky

I guess the prime example is in North America there’s a thing where if there’s no opportunity to move forward with the puck, then a [hockey] player is told to dump the puck into the other zone. Just give up the puck and dump it in. Give it to the other team. And to the … Read more

In the U.S., coaches

In the U.S., coaches could be the father next door. They had no formal training. They’re like old hockey players. They don’t go to school and study. Gabe Polsky

It’s not necessarily the

It’s not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it’s what you put into the practice. Eric Lindros

I always wanted to

I always wanted to play professional hockey. Every hockey player’s dream, no matter at what level or what age, is to play professionally. At first you don’t know what it’s all about, but you have that dream and you always work hard toward it. The older you get, the more you start dedicating yourself to … Read more

I wanted to be

I wanted to be a hockey player. Where I grew up, the basketball courts were rarely used. I was terrible in school and actually said, ‘I’m going to be a hockey player.’ Denis Leary

Or as hockey player

Or as hockey player Sergei Fedorov knows it, ‘The day I can legally start telling everyone I am sleeping with Anna Kournikova.’ Craig Kilborn

Why don’t they allow

Why don’t they allow professional wrestling at the Olympics? They allow pro basketball players and hockey players. Olympic pro wrestling would be awesome. The team from Mexico could wear those Mr. X masks. The French wrestler could hit his opponent with a baguette. Or perhaps just surrender. Craig Ferguson

I’m an absolutely dreadful

I’m an absolutely dreadful hockey player. Christopher Heyerdahl

I found my prince

I found my prince – he’s a hockey player and we met at an NHL event, the last place I’d ever expect to meet someone, but there he was. Carol Alt