Quotes on Great Hockey

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.

You don't have enough talent to win on talent alone.

Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.

The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

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

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.

Every day is a great day for hockey.