That’s the awesome part. Little girls now have a chance to look up and see women playing soccer, basketball, softball and now hockey – and know they can win a gold medal, too. – Angela Ruggiero

On playing with a sore ankle: “I just tape four Tylenols to it” – Boris Mironov.

Hockey is the original extreme sport. – Tom Ward

I love those hockey moms. You know the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull? Lipstick. – Sarah Palin

It’s not a sport you get famous at. If I wanted to be famous, I would have stuck with hockey. – Eric Heiden

I would be surprised if there weren’t some owners who didn’t want to get a deal done right now and get back to playing hockey. – Luke Richardson

A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be. – Wayne Gretzky

Playing hockey, there were a lot of guys bigger than me, so I knew I was going to get hit and have to deal with it. Gotta hit back. – Mike Weir

People on the streets are ready for hockey. – Eric Lindros

I had a hard time with that hockey. I hadn’t grown up skating, so that was my biggest challenge. We worked on it and worked on it. But then when we first shot it, it was so hard for me. – Woody Harrelson

Usually when I wielded a hockey stick, it meant somebody was going to get hurt. This is just a friendly match. – Stan Mikita

I think now what you’re seeing is guys that are in the peaks of their careers anywhere from 27 to 35 years old, seems to be when they play their best hockey. – Mark Messier

Hockey is figure skating in a war zone. – Author Unknown

When I was shooting Drive Me Crazy, I wanted to go out with the rest of the cast and stay up late and play air hockey. I just wanted to have fun. – Melissa Joan Hart

Hockey is like a disease, you can’t really shake it. – Goaltender Ken Wregget

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

I also developed an interest in sports, and played in informal games at a nearby school yard where the neighborhood children met to play touch football, baseball, basketball and occasionally, ice hockey. – Steven Chu

You can have all the talent in the world, but if the pumper”s not there, it doesn’t matter – Glen Sather.

Explaining why he keeps a color photo of himself above his locker: “That”s so when I forget how to spell my name, I can still find my (expletive) clothes. – Stu Grimson

I had a hockey puck and stick-the only ones in town. I definitely would have played hockey ahead of football, had it been available. – Merlin Olsen

It’s not only hockey, it’s every sport. You know, it’s a big event. – Peter Forsberg

Some people skate to the puck. I skate to where the puck is going to be. – Wayne Gretzky

Of course, my family has been a big reason for me to come back, especially my son who loves the game of hockey – he was a big reason for me coming back. – Mario Lemieux

When I was a kid, I remember playing hockey outside and whenever you did, you thought about playing for Finland vs. Sweden. That’s just the way it was. – Teemu Selanne

Hockey players have fire in their hearts and ice in their veins. – Author Unknown

We get nose jobs all the time in the NHL, and we don’t even have to go to the hospital. – Brad Park

Hockey is a man’s game. The team with the most real men wins. – Brian Burke

He said he wanted to go play in his home country, and village, I guess every village need an idiot – Author Unknown.

The greatest hockey player who ever lived: Bobby Orr, and I love him. – Donald Stewart Cherry

Baseball happens to be a game of cumulative tension but football, basketball and hockey are played with hand grenades and machine guns. – John Leonard