Top 10 Hockey Quotes to Get You pumped for the Season

Get pumped for the upcoming hockey season with these top 10 quotes from some of the greatest players and coaches of all time!

“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” -Jimmy Dean

1. “I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” -Jimmy Dean

2. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” -Wayne Gretzky

3. “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.” – Wayne Gretzky
4. “Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.” – Albert Camus
5. “Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer.” – Ed Cunningham
6. “A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.” – Bernard Meltzer
7. “It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
8. “My friends are my estate.” – Emily Dickinson
9. “A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” – Walter Winchell
10. “A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” – Walter Winchell

“The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is to lose.” -Ernie Banks

1. “The best way to avoid mistakes is to do nothing at all.” -Eddie Shore

2. “I never graduated from college, but I was only there for two terms – Aristotle and Newton.” -Ernie Nevers

3. “If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll end up someplace else.” -Yogi Berra

4. “The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is to lose.” -Ernie Banks

5. “There are three types of people in this world: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those who wonder what happened.” -Tommy Lasorda

6. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.-Wayne Gretzky”
7. “Some people dream about success while others wake up and work hard at it”- Unknown
8. “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been”- Wayne Gretzky
9. “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader”- John Quincy Adams
10. “Every day is a great day for hockey”- Mario Lemieux

“It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” -Vince Lombardi

1. “It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” -Vince Lombardi

2. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” -Wayne Gretzky

3. “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.” -Bobby Orr

4. “The greatest gift is a passion for hockey.” -Wayne Gretzky

5. “Hockey is a sport for White Men Basketball is a sport for black men Golf is a sport for white men dressed like black pimps.” -Tiger Woods
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“I find that when you have a real interest in life and a curious life, that your mind floats freely from subject to subject and that your thoughts are connected,” – Steve Jobs
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“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius
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“Life is what we make it and how we make it – whether we realize it or not.” – Subhas Chandra Bose
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“When you stand up to be countedTell the world this is my voice” -Shane Koyczan

“If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it.” -Ronnie Lott

1. “If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it.” -Ronnie Lott
2. “The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph! What we obtain too cheaply, we esteem too lightly. Heaven knows how to put a proper price on its goods.” -Thomas Paine
3. “There is no substitute for hard work ” -Thomas Edison
4. “I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.” -Thomas Jefferson
5. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” -Wayne Gretzky
6. “The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is to lose.” -Ernest Hemingway
7. “It is not whether you get knocked down, it is whether you get up again.” -Vince Lombardi
8. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.”-Winston Churchill
9. “A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done.”-Vince Lombardi
10. “I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it go away.”-Jim Valvano

“I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.” -Mia Hamm

1. “I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.” -Mia Hamm
2. “The greatest gift you can give someone is your time.” -Rick Bench
3. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” -Wayne Gretzky
4. 5. “A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.” -Wayne Gretzky
5. 6. “Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.” -George Halas
6. 7. “There are three types of people in this world: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those who wonder what happened.” -Tommy Lasorda
7. 8. “If your why is strong enough you will find your how” – Unknown
8. 9. “It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up” – Babe Ruth
9. 10. “Success is no accident” – Pelé

“There is no ‘I’ in team but there is in win.” -Michael Jordan

1. “To succeed in hockey, you need teamwork.” -Bobby Orr

2. “Hockey is a team game, and if you want to be on a team you have to do what the coach says.” -Maurice Richard

3. “I think the thing about hockey is that it’s such a team sport and it requires everybody to do their job.” -Martin Brodeur

4. ” got to have short-term goals, but your ultimate goal is to win a Stanley Cup or an Olympic gold medal As an individual, you can be successful, but the true test is whether you can win as a team.” -Jarome Iginla

5. “I’m just happy to be part of Hockey Night in Canada.” -Gordie Howe

6. “The game of hockey, is the greatest game in the world to me.” – Wayne Gretzky

7. “I love hockey because it’s a tough sport and it requires a lot of skills.” -Bobby Hull

8. “Some people tell me that I’m mean when I Play Hockey but that’s just the way I am.” -Claude Lemieux
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“I think hockey captures the essence of Canadian culture better than any other sport.” -Steve Yzerman 10 “To win in hockey, you have nothing until you have won everything .” -Guy Lafleur

“The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.” -Joe Paterno

“The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.” -Joe Paterno

“hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” -Tim Duncan

“I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.” -Mia Hamm

“The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is to lose.” -Ernie Banks

“Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing.” -Vince Lombardi

“It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” -Vince Lombardi

“If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it.” -Ronnie Lott

“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” -Michael Jordan

“Act like a lady, think like a man.” -Dwayne Wade

“Act like a lady, think like a man.”

In order to be successful in the sport of hockey, it is important to have a certain level of toughness and tenacity. This quote from NBA superstar Dwayne Wade embodies that sentiment perfectly. Whether you’re a man or woman, if you want to succeed in hockey, you need to have the right mindset.

“I’m not a role model… Just because I dunk a basketball doesn’t mean I should raise your kids.” -Charles Barkley

“I’m not a role model… Just because I dunk a basketball doesn’t mean I should raise your kids.” -Charles Barkley

“It’s just a game, but it means everything to me.” -Michael Jordan

“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” -Babe Ruth

“If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it.” -Ronnie Lott

“Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday’s success or put its failures behind and start over again. That’s the way life is, with a new game every day.” -Bob Feller

“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” -Wayne Gretzky

1. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” -Wayne Gretzky
2. “To succeed in hockey, you need teamwork.” -Babe Ruth
3. “Some people dream of success, while others wake up and work hard at it.” -Unknown
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5. “I’m not a hockey fan but the Winter Olympics are really cool.” -Barack Obama
6. “Hockey is a game of inches.” -Bobby Orr
7. “I went to a fight the other night, and a hockey game broke out.” -Rodney Dangerfield
8. “I think there’s just something about holding that stick and hearing that puck hit off the blade that gets me every time.” -Jarome Iginla
9. “Ice Hockey is a form of disorderly conduct in which the score is kept.” -Doug Larson
10. “If you can’t beat them in the alley, you can’t beat them on the ice.” -Scotty Bowman