Top 50 Famous Hockey Quotes

Famous Hockey Quotes – Hockey is one of many sports that some people just love. Like in any other sport, there are some players that have become famous over the years and have said some memorable lines. There are also some lines that are fairly famous in the hockey community. Whether it be about hockey or being a hockey player, there are plenty of notable lines on the sprt. Here are some of the more Famous Hockey Quotes to know:

• “Hockey is murder on ice.”
  – Jim Murray 
  
•  “Hockey is a tough game.”
  – Bobby Or
  
•  “Hockey is a difficult and skill-based game.”
  – Sandeep Singh
  
•  “Hockey is the original extreme sport.”
  – Tom Ward
  
• “Every day is a great day for hockey.”
  – Mario Lemieux
  
• “I’m just a hockey player. I want to play every day.”
  – Martin Brodeur
  
• “Half the game is mental; the other half is being mental.”
  – Jim McKenny
  
• ”All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity.”
  – Gordie Howe
  
• “Ice hockey is a form of disorderly conduct in which the score is kept.”
  – Doug Larson
  
• “Sometimes you do the hard work and set the table, and somebody else eats the meal.” – Brian Burke

Additional Famous Hockey Quotes

• “A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.”
  – Wayne Gretzky
  
• “Some of us love hockey not just for its ferocity and skill but for its underlying code of civility off the ice.”  – George Vecsey 
  
• “Hockey is the original extreme sport.”
  – Tom Ward
  
• “Only one thing is ever guaranteed, that is that you will definitely not achieve the goal if you don’t take the shot. ”
  – Wayne Gretzky
  
• “To succeed in hockey, you need teamwork.”
  – Henry Samueli
  
• “Hockey is a tough, physical game, and it always should be.”
  – Mario Lemieux
  
• “A fast body-contact game played by men with clubs in their hands and knives laced to their feet.”
  – Paul Gallico
  
• “A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.”
  – Wayne Gretzky
  
• “To win the game is great. To play the game is greater. To love the game is greatest of all.”
  – Bob O’Connor
  
• “When you play hockey, you don’t have any fear. As soon as you step on the ice everything goes away and you’re focusing on the puck and focusing on the play.”
  – Alexander Ovechkin

Other Great Quotes About Hockey

• “Hockey Goals Are Attained Not By Strength But By Perseverance.”
  – Felicity Luckey
  
• “You see a hockey player, you’d never know he’s a professional athlete. But you put the skates on him, and he becomes a beast.”
  –  Junior Seau
  
• “It’s not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it’s what you put into the practice.”
  – Eric Lindros
  
•  “We take the shortest route to the puck and arrive in ill humor.”
  – Bobby Clarke
  
• “The three important elements of hockey are: forecheck, backcheck and pay check.”
  –  Gil Perreault
  
• “Hockey captures the essence of Canadian experience in the New World. In a land so inescapably and inhospitably cold, hockey is the chance of life, and an affirmation that despite the deathly chill of winter we are alive.”
  – Stephen Leacock
  
• “Hockey’s filled with great people, and it’s a great sport, and I encourage a lot of people to play it because of the relationships that you make in hockey.”
  – P.K. Subban
  
• “When you play hockey, you don’t have any fear. As soon as you step on the ice everything goes away and you’re focusing on the puck and focusing on the play.”
  –  Alexander Ovechkin
  
•  “Hockey should have some appeal. It’s a good game in that is full of action, very quick, and it can be high-scoring.”
  – Casey Eastham
  
• “Hockey’s a funny game.You have to prove yourself every shift, every game. It’s not up to anybody else.You have to take pride in yourself.”
  – Paul Coffey
  
• “If I learned one thing by playing professional hockey for thirty-two years, it’s that you have to love what you do. And that’s not just true for sports.”
  – Gordie Howe
  
• “A player must be able to skate, have hockey sense, be able to shoot, but not necessarily be able to score.”
  – Pierre Page

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