#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

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

It's really football, tennis, and golf that I watch other than hockey. ↗

— Sidney Crosby

#golf #hockey #i #other #really

Right now I like baseball, hockey and tennis players. And horseback riders. ↗

— Martina Hingis

#hockey #horseback #i #like #now

Our economics are not baseball's economics. Our game is not baseball's game. Our owners are not baseball's owners, with one or two exceptions. Our union is not baseball's union. What we do has to be crafted and suited to address hockey, to address the NHL, to address our 30 teams and our 700-plus players. ↗

— Gary Bettman

#baseball #crafted #economics #exceptions #game

The greatest hockey player who ever lived: Bobby Orr, and I love him. ↗

— Donald Stewart Cherry

#ever #greatest #him #hockey #hockey player

I still play hockey every now and then, and I still golf. But my biggest exercise is walking my big dog in the park every day. ↗

— Michael J. Fox

#biggest #day #dog #every #every day

I always said put me in front of 40 or 50,000 people and play hockey, I'm comfortable there. Put me in front of 50 people to talk or get in front of, and that's where I'm probably the least comfortable. ↗

— Ron Francis

#comfortable #front #get #hockey #i

A series of rumors about my attitude, as well as derogatory remarks about myself and my family showed me that the personal resentment of the Detroit general manager toward me would make it impossible for me to continue playing hockey in Detroit. ↗

— Ted Lindsay

#attitude #continue #derogatory #detroit #family

I watch a lot of hockey. There are some good hockey players and there are some awfully stupid hockey players. ↗

— Ted Lindsay

#good #hockey #hockey players #i #key players