But inside of me I knew that the Olympics were still there. I was still young enough. I knew that once I transitioned out of hockey, it would be really hard to go back. – Angela Ruggiero
There were no women’s players I knew of. I didn’t even know women’s hockey existed. – Angela Ruggiero
I always wanted to be a professional athlete, it just took me a while to realise it would be in racing. I played field hockey competitively for Ontario since I was 13, 14. Then I tried for the national side and made it. But it was so competitive. The girls were just so big and strong. I was getting crushed. – Chantal Sutherland
Nobody gives a crap about hockey down here – nobody. I coach kids’ hockey down here and you can start to see the disinterest in the game here with the kids. – Bobby Hull
In a way, by being fully committed to the Olympic movement globally, I’m better able to promote women’s hockey and talk about women’s hockey and put a face to women’s hockey, to all the IOC members. – Angela Ruggiero
The biggest thing we get out of it is seeing the kids smile. And hopefully we will also see that the lessons we’re teaching – not only the fundamentals of hockey, but also the life values – are sinking in. – Bobby Orr
I found my prince – he’s a hockey player and we met at an NHL event, the last place I’d ever expect to meet someone, but there he was. – Carol Alt
I still love hockey. It’s just I’m at a different stage of my life and I think I’m just ready to grow in other ways outside of just being a hockey player. – Angela Ruggiero
I wanted to play professional hockey, man. But when I acted, I thought, ‘Well, okay, maybe I do have something here.’ – Corey Haim
I was 19 years old, pumping gas and going nowhere. I was kind of a high school dropout at that point because I had left school to play hockey, but no one drafted me. – Adam Oates
It was always so nice to step away from figure skating and school with hockey. To this day I’m still a huge fan. – Charlie White
Back in the NBA’s pre-mask era, ballers with busted noses or orbital bones had two unappealing options: Sit out and heal, or strap on a Michael Myers-looking opaque face shield closely related to that worn by hockey goalies. – Brendan I. Koerner
I’m a hockey coach and a single mother of two who commutes. I don’t watch TV. I watch news, and that’s it! – Ashleigh Banfield
For the next approximately three years, I have got Nathan to take care of. I know that once he graduates from high school, he will be off doing whatever it is he is going to be doing – probably playing ice hockey. – Barbara Mandrell
Canadian hockey fans… They boo me every time I go anywhere. Because I play for Team USA. – Brett Hull
I like ice hockey, but it’s a frustrating game to watch. It’s hard to keep your eyes on both the puck and the players and too much time passes between scoring in hockey. There are usually more fights than there are points. – Andy Rooney
Being surrounded by hockey, I got forced into it as a kid. I started skating when I was 4 and had a rink only 10 minutes from my home. In my town, we had one outdoor rink and one indoor rink, so you could skate all year long. I lived by a lake, too, so we did a lot of skating on the lake. – Carl Hagelin
The media has changed. We now give broadcast licenses to philosophies instead of people. People get confused and think there is no difference between news and entertainment. People who project themselves as journalists on television don’t know the first thing about journalism. They are just there stirring up a hockey game. – Gary Ackerman
I always played hockey, I was always a hockey fan, but I was never bitten by the hockey bug… I never looked into playing it professionally. – Chris Jericho
For good reasons, there are no ties during the Stanley Cup season. Somebody needs to win so the lads can get out to their cottages on the lakes, where all hockey players spend their summers, or so I have been told. – George Vecsey
I know netball is the number one female sport in Australia, but hockey also offers a lot. – Casey Eastham
Drama is played at the pace of chess… or billiards… or poker. Engrossing? Sure. But comedy is played at the jubilant, high-octane speed of sports like basketball or hockey. – Mark Waters
I wanted to be a hockey player. Where I grew up, the basketball courts were rarely used. I was terrible in school and actually said, ‘I’m going to be a hockey player.’ – Denis Leary
I’m not getting caught in a club at 2 o’clock in the morning. I’m going to basketball games and hockey games and going to events and dinners. – Matt Harvey
