Hockey Quotes

“The English play hockey in any weather. Thunder, lightening, plague of locusts...nothing can stop the hockey. Do not fight the hockey, for the hockey will win.”
― Maureen Johnson

“You make me want to suck a bruise on you just to kiss it better.
--Luc to Jane--”
― Rachel Gibson, See Jane Score

“Jamie Canning was my first crush and my first love. But he was never mine to have.”
― Sarina Bowen, Him

“There are no environments where you're only going to win, because life just isn't like that.”
― Bobby Orr

“I love the smell of the ice... And the cold. The sound the puck makes when it's sliding across the ice or when hits the net for a goal... as long as it's our goal. I love the sound of sticks crashing against one another. The sound my skates make when I come to a hard stop. The roar of the crowd. The way I feel when i'm playing. I can do things on this ice that I can't do anywhere else.”
― J. Sterling, In Dreams

“The legs feed the wolf”
― Herb Brooks

“I exchanged my flannel shirt for a Rangers jersey and zapped the television on. Probably I should make more phone calls, but the Rangers were playing and priorities were priorities.”
― Janet Evanovich, Three to Get Deadly

“Developing better people should be the number one goal for any coach when dealing with kids. In trying to develop better people, we are going to develop more and better pros.”
― Bobby Orr

“I-"Fuck. "Well, I am angry at you, Nathan."
"Good."
"So fucking angry."
"Perfect.”
― Hannah Grace, Icebreaker

“I am for hockey. I find I should like to hit something with a stick.
-Gemma Doyle Trilogy”
― Libba Bray

“People think common sense is common - but it's not.”
― Don Cherry

“The world just disappears for you when you’re reading, doesn’t it?”
“Yes, thank god.”
― Lynn Painter, Fake Skating

“Let's talk about the homoerotic undertones in sports," she said.
Paul thrust his head forward as if he hadn't heard right. "Excuse me?”
― Deirdre Martin

“Top shelf where momma hides the cookies!”
― Rick Jeanneret

“Roll the highlight film!”
― Rick Jeanneret

“Are you ready region of doom? Here comes the Buffalo Sabres!”
― Rick Jeanneret

“Oh brother we are not worthy!”
― Rick Jeanneret

“This is the only job I ever wanted and this is the only place I ever wanted to be!”
― Rick Jeanneret

“We were a minor league team that didn't feed into any majors, in a town that loved just about every sport but ours. We were going nowhere and we knew it, so why not have fun? In the forties, when I was playing, we were officially the most violent team in the country, and that means probably the whole world, and by the way, that's why I could skate with no toes. A figure skater, a speed skater, an NHL forward, sure, you need your toes for control, but all that finesse takes a backseat when all you're trying to do is slam somebody into a wall and break all his teeth.”
― Dan Wells, Partials

“In my dreams, I go viral for sinking a sick trick shot or delivering a brilliant body check.
Instead, I'm Hockey Rocky—but, like, the one where he blows the big match at the end.”
― Carli J. Corson, It's a Love/Skate Relationship

“Okay, so I'm beyond shitty at math, but even I can't screw up this equation currently ripping me in half: the Blizzard's hockey rink seats about 2,400 spectators, which means there are roughly 1,200 people cheering for me to score . . . and 1,200 people screaming for me to choke.”
― Carli J. Corson, It's a Love/Skate Relationship

“This is what I’ve been trying not to want.”

“This is exactly what I’ve been needing,” I whisper.

*Ice Cold Puck (Puckboys Unleashed, Book2)”
― Holly Myers

“He didn’t know that was all I did.
Overthink.”
― Lynn Painter, Fake Skating

“The Ice Queen's hijacked my f***ing brain. What if I can't concentrate on the ice? Right now all I'm thinking about is that kiss.”
― Kara Kendrick, Bad Boy Breakaway

“Half the game is mental; the other half is being mental.”
― Jim McKenny

“What look? The one that says I want to be inside you so badly I can barely think straight?”
― Carly Robyn, Fire and Ice

“God, her face.
Richie was wrong.
She wasn’t cute—she was…gorgeous.
Dani had always been pretty because of her laugh and the way she was so carefree. Her Dani-ness made her impossible to look away form.
The girl I’d knocked down in the hallway, though—she was a dropdead stunner. All that wavy blond hair, those big brown eyes and black glasses…it…worked”
― Lynn Painter, Fake Skating

“Hey,” I say when I’m a few feet away, raising my voice just enough over the music. “You look like the fun kind of trouble.”
― Willow Aster, Endless Summer Nights

“You’re radiant, Lola. You always have been. He didn’t deserve a second of your light, let alone the chance to dim it.”
― Willow Aster, Endless Summer Nights

“God, I miss him. I miss the way he used to look at me like I was the only thing worth seeing. But he’s not mine anymore. He hasn’t been since I chose safety over fire.”
― Willow Aster, Endless Summer Nights