Check out some classic hockey quotes...

Jim McKenny:  "Half the game is mental; the other half is being mental."

Jacques Plante:  "How would you like a job where, every time you make a mistake, a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo?"

Brett Hull:  "I'm not dumb enough to be a goalie."

Doug Larson:  "Ice hockey is a form of disorderly conduct in which the score is kept."

Wayne Gretzky:  "You miss 100% of the shots you never take."

Gordie Howe:  "American professional athletes are bilingual; they speak English and profanity." 

Jimmy Cannon:  "A puck is a hard rubber disc that hockey players strike when they can't hit one another."

Rodney Dangerfield:  "I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out."

Paul Coffey:  "When we've got the puck, they can't score."

Ken Dryden:  "There are two types of forwards. Scorers and bangers. Scorers score and bangers bang."

Stu Grimson, Chicago Blackhawks left wing, explaining why he keeps a color photo of himself above his locker:  "That's so when I forget how to spell my name, I can still find my (expletive) clothes."

Tony Amonte, on possessing the NHL’s second-longest active playing streak:  "It must be the body. It’s chiseled out of marshmallows."

Herb Brooks, 1980 US Olympic hockey coach:  "You don't have enough talent to win on talent alone."

Jeremy Roenick, on the trade rumors around captain Keith Tkachuk: "The only difference between the Coyotes and ‘Days of Our Lives’ is that nobody has been shot on our team yet."

Phil Esposito, on his daughter Carrie getting engaged to  Alexander Selivanov: "I tried to talk my daughter out of going with a hockey player but, he’s a good kid. He asked me if he could marry Carrie before he asked her.  I said: "You want to what?’ I thought he was just going to ask for more ice time."

Serge Savard, on his firing from Montreal, "I have to thank the guy who fired me because he was also the guy who hired me."

And last but certainly not least...

Reggie Dunlop: . They spent their own dough to get here, and they came here to see us! All right, let's show 'em what we got, guys! Get out there on the ice and let 'em know you're there. Get that fuckin' stick in their side. Let 'em know you're there! Get that lumber in his teeth. Let 'em know you're there!