I've had a lot of coaches in my life, but I've only had a few very good ones. So, I try to take from the best ones and apply those to what I do and t…

- Gabe Polsky

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

I'm very excited about some of the novels that I have adapted. I think they're equally as powerful, if not more. Going After Cacciato (by Tim O'Brien…

- Gabe Polsky

There (in the Soviet Union) it was a science. In order to be a coach, you had to study in school.

- 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 i…

- Gabe Polsky

When I looked into the story of Soviet hockey and its players, I realized that it has nothing to do with hockey. It was a larger story using hockey a…

- Gabe Polsky

A lot of what I know as a filmmaker is because of hockey. That's teamwork, and being able to collaborate with people, and be creative with them, and …

- Gabe Polsky

Anatoli Tarasov, the guy that created the Soviet style of play, was a visionary. He was a creative thinker. He studied ballet and chess and art and r…

- Gabe Polsky

Growing up, I didn't know very much about my heritage and the Soviet Union and things of that nature. But when I saw the Soviet Union play hockey for…

- Gabe Polsky