Famous Quotes & Sayings

Denis Leary

If the world somehow actually ends tomorrow, let all forget about the Mayans and just agree it`s the NHL`s fault

Andy Van Slyke

Mario Lemieux is Mr. Pittsburgh.

Eric Lindros

I might have practiced stick-handling with my head up a bit more.

Gary Bettman

This is a sad, regrettable day that all of us wish could have been avoided.

Jaromir Jagr

It's tough in the NHL; you have to produce on a high level. And everybody expects you to do it because you make a lot of money. And I never minded it. I always want to be that guy.

Paul Kariya

I'm going through the neutral zone and I've got a guy tugging me through the whole way, if I don't go down, I'm not going to get a call.

Patrick Kane

They left us together for a reason. Let's show them why.

Pat LaFontaine

I've been fortunate. I've had no residual effects whatsoever. I got out just in time.

Pat LaFontaine

Every time you sustain a head injury, the risk gets higher and higher. I always said that if there ever was a point where the risk was more than minimal, I would stop playing.

Mark Recchi

What scares me is how easily it happened.

Ted Lindsay

My first season Butch Bouchard accidentally sent me to the hospital for three days with a concussion, but I never backed away from Butch or anyone else after I came back.

Sidney Crosby

I look at it as a challenge, ... I'm not going to put too much added pressure on myself. I want to play in the NHL, and after that [happens], I can worry about things beyond that.

Sidney Crosby

It didn't feel like it was anything too major, but if you had to look at one hit that would be it.

Wayne Gretzky

It's kind of ironic when I broke in at 17, I was told I was too small, too slow and I wouldn't make the NHL

Wayne Gretzky

It's an honour and a thrill and a privilege just to play in the NHL.

Wayne Gretzky

At the end of the day everybody lost. We almost crippled our industry. It was very disappointing what happened.