#hockey

We were hockey gypsies, heading down another gravel road every weekend, plowing into the heart of that magnificent northern landscape. We never gave a thought to being deprived as we travelled, to being shut out of the regular league system. We never gave a thought to being Indian. Different. We only thought of the game and the brotherhood that bound us together off the ice, in the van, on the plank floors of reservation houses, in the truck stop diners where if we'd won we had a little to splurge on a burger and soup before we hit the road again. Small joys. All of them tied together, entwined to form an experience we would not have traded for any other. We were a league of nomads, mad for the game, mad for the road, mad for ice and snow, an Arctic wind on our faces and a frozen puck on the blade of our sticks. ↗

— Richard Wagamese

#hockey #togetherness #experience

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

#did #finland #hockey #i #i remember

I somewhere along the way became fascinated with exploring characters who are willing to put themselves into violent situations, whether it's football, hockey, boxing, being a cop, being a soldier. There's not a lot of people who are willing to put themselves into those situations. ↗

— Peter Berg

#became #being #boxing #characters #cop

Canadian hockey fans... They boo me every time I go anywhere. Because I play for Team USA. ↗

— Brett Hull

#because #boo #canadian #every #every time

Field hockey is my strongest sport, and if I lose a game, I take a long, hot bath and moan about it. ↗

— Emma Watson

#bath #field #game #hockey #hot

I dance a lot and I run and do yoga and play field hockey and tennis. I like to be active. I don't always have time for that stuff, but I do always feel better afterward. ↗

— Emma Watson

#always #better #dance #feel #field

Figure skaters have awful perceptions of hockey players. ↗

— Kristi Yamaguchi

#figure #hockey #hockey players #key players #perceptions

I don't like my hockey sticks touching other sticks, and I don't like them crossing one another, and I kind of have them hidden in the corner. I put baby powder on the ends. I think it's essentially a matter of taking care of what takes care of you. ↗

— Wayne Gretzky

#baby #care #corner #crossing #ends

Listen, everything I have in my life is because of the NHL and because of hockey, and I love the game and I loved every minute of being a player, I loved coaching, I loved being involved in the NHL. ↗

— Wayne Gretzky

#being #coaching #every #everything #game

Ninety percent of hockey is mental and the other half is physical. ↗

— Wayne Gretzky

#hockey #mental #ninety #other #percent