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Ice Hockey Player Inspirational Quotes (1315)

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Ovechkin does not play like a Russian. He plays like an NHL player.
Vladislav Tretiak
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You get a pretty good read by watching the play, and knowing what you would have done - having done most of the things that these guys are accused of doing. I put myself in their shoes: Would I have been wanting to send a message? Is it a hockey play that went a little sideways?
Chris Pronger
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I just wore a cage my whole career coming up, and didn't feel a reason not to have some type of protection.
Brian Leetch
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Through the years, I have so many wonderful memories of playing with the Red Wings: winning four Stanley Cups, scoring big goals, going into battle every night side by side with my teammates, playing with every ounce of effort I could muster.
Ted Lindsay
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A series of rumors about my attitude, as well as derogatory remarks about myself and my family showed me that the personal resentment of the Detroit general manager toward me would make it impossible for me to continue playing hockey in Detroit.
Ted Lindsay
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I hope people like me and appreciate me the way I am.
Steve Yzerman
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He's one of those guys whose English gets worse every year. But as long as it doesn't affect his play, we're all right.
Wade Belak
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That hockey game will haunt me until the day I die.
Joffrey Lupul
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A watched supper dish never fills!
Charles M. Schulz
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The mark of a good team is how it reacts when things aren't going in its favor.
Chris Osgood
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Most people marry their mother. I married my father.
Wayne Gretzky
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The Power of WHO provides great lessons about how to succeed in business and in life. If you surround yourself with quality people and great friends, the sky's the limit.
Wayne Gretzky
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You miss every shot you don't take.
Wayne Gretzky
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Skating alone is an art. Doing it on a substance? I don't know. That's got to be tough.
Wayne Gretzky
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Maybe it wasn't the talent the Lord gave me-maybe it was the passion.
Wayne Gretzky
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One of the key qualities that you need to be a great hockey player is fantastic anticipation and feel for the game - if you know where the puck is going before it is hit, that is half the battle.
Wayne Gretzky
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I think sports for kids is the greatest thing in the world because it teaches you how to share, about winning and losing and pressure. But I don't think you should force your kid to become a professional athlete.
Wayne Gretzky
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The 2002 (Olympic) team was a great team, we won the gold medal, they deserved all the accolades that they got. But this team seems to have a little more depth and maybe a little more talent to pick from. So it makes the job of picking the right 23 guys even more difficult.
Wayne Gretzky
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People in general want to build somebody up and then try to knock them down. They always root for the underdog.
Wayne Gretzky
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I'm probably the only guy in hockey who can win a scoring title and everybody is saying I had a bad year. I don't worry about it.
Wayne Gretzky
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It's kind of ironic when I broke in at 17, I was told I was too small, too slow and I wouldn't make the NHL
Wayne Gretzky
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I think a lot of parents live their lives through the kids. Because they didn't make it [achieve something], they want their kids to make it. It puts a lot of undue pressure on the kids.
Wayne Gretzky
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Thankfully, in my youth I had the best financial advisor a son could ask for: my dad Walter. When I got that first signing bonus in 1978, Dad took my cheque, announced, 'This is what we're going to do,' and bought an annuity with it.
Wayne Gretzky
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I miss 100% of the shots I don't take.
Wayne Gretzky
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