What did he say?...Quotes.

[dash]

"If you can't beat 'em in the alley, you can't beat 'em on the ice"

- Conn Smythe

 

[forty_three]

Hockey Shorts: Glenn Liebman: 9780809233519: Amazon.com: Books

I believe they have these books for every sport, but this is a great bathroom read. Highly recommend it.

Yes, it is great.

I love the story of Grapes meeting with Espo to tell him he'd been traded. Bobby Orr was in the room looking out the window.

Grapes "You've been traded, Phil."
Espo "If you tell me you traded me to the Rangers, I'm gonna jump out that window"
Grapes <looks up at Orr> "Bobby, move away from that window."

 

[KennyBanyeah]

You want me to stop the ones that are going wide too??

- Tom Bar-asshole when asked about 2 shots that hit the post.

 

[dare2be]

"What did he say?"

Finally, a thread dedicated to Evgeni Malkin!

 

[mooger_35]

"You can always get someone to do your thinking for you."

—Gordie Howe after being asked why players always wear a cup, but not always a helmet

 

[Darkstone42]

"What did he say?"

Finally, a thread dedicated to Evgeni Malkin!

"I am score."

 

[4thstreet]

"Hockey is a physical game-this ain't the Ice Follies"- Dave Schultz

 

[4thstreet]

one of the all time best

"We know that hockey is where we live,where we best meet and overcome pain and wrong and death.Life is just a place where we spend time between games".

Fred "The Fog" Shero

 

[awaz]

You want me to stop the ones that are going wide too??

- Tom Bar-asshole when asked about 2 shots that hit the post.

ha, i like that one

 

[USCDoom]

Still one of the best ever courtesy of John McKay coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in their dreadful 1976 season....

In response to a question about his team's execution - "I'm all in favour of it."

He has some of the greatest quotes ever...

On losing a key game - "I told our players that there were 700 million Chinese people in the world who didn't even know the game was played. The next week, I got five letters from China asking "What happened?"

After the Bucs broke their 26-game losing streak - "Three or four plane crashes and we're in the playoffs."

On the prospect of a late-season trip to Green Bay - "Going there is like winning the 98th prize in a beauty contest with only 97 prizes."

At a post-game press conference in 1976 "You guys don't know the difference between a football and a bunch of bananas."
The following week after a media member has dropped off a case of bananas at his door - "You guys don't know the difference between a football and a Mercedez-Benz."

On recruiting his son John to play for USC and then the Bucs - "I had an advantage - I slept with his mother."

“We’ve broken down the expansion teams and they’ve averaged winning 2.7 games their first year, which to me is rather difficult. I figured out the 2, but the .7 has got me wondering what the hell is going on.”

"Kickers are like horse manure. They're all over the place."

"We didn't tackle well today but we made up for it by not blocking."

"Emotion is highly overrated in football. My wife Corky is emotional as hell but can't play football worth a damn."

"If you have everyone back from a team that lost 10 games, experience isn't too important."

On how coaching an expansion team is a religious experience: "You do a lot of praying, but most of the time the answer is 'no.'"

“I’ll probably take a little time off and go hide somewhere. We will be back. Maybe not this century, but we will be back and we will be a better football team.” - (Bucs win Super Bowl in next century...)

On the play of Joe Namath in the Jets' 34-0 victory over Tampa Bay, “Namath is still Namath, but I must say that our guys were nice to him. I noticed when they knocked him down, they helped him to his feet. That was gentlemanly. I thought one stood around long enough to get his autograph.”

On how badly the Bucs looked in losing to the Steelers, 42-0, “There were times I felt like leaving the stadium and hitchhiking home.”

On the weaknesses of linebacker Hugh Green: '`He's not twins.''

On opening days: "Opening games make me nervous. To tell the truth, I'd rather open with our second game.''

 

[juliansteed]

I forget who the HNIC announcer was a few years ago that said it, but I found this amusing.

"If there are no better options, then that is the right play 9 times out of 10".

I'm really curious about that other 10%. Apparently he should have chosen a worse option in those cases.

 

[DevilishWon]

dash there is not enough internet to quote Bryz... dont get that train started

The interweb is a big universe.

`Professor Bryz

 

[JohnRandle]

He has some of the greatest quotes ever...

On losing a key game - "I told our players that there were 700 million Chinese people in the world who didn't even know the game was played. The next week, I got five letters from China asking "What happened?"

After the Bucs broke their 26-game losing streak - "Three or four plane crashes and we're in the playoffs."

On the prospect of a late-season trip to Green Bay - "Going there is like winning the 98th prize in a beauty contest with only 97 prizes."

At a post-game press conference in 1976 "You guys don't know the difference between a football and a bunch of bananas."
The following week after a media member has dropped off a case of bananas at his door - "You guys don't know the difference between a football and a Mercedez-Benz."

On recruiting his son John to play for USC and then the Bucs - "I had an advantage - I slept with his mother."

“We’ve broken down the expansion teams and they’ve averaged winning 2.7 games their first year, which to me is rather difficult. I figured out the 2, but the .7 has got me wondering what the hell is going on.”

"Kickers are like horse manure. They're all over the place."

"We didn't tackle well today but we made up for it by not blocking."

"Emotion is highly overrated in football. My wife Corky is emotional as hell but can't play football worth a damn."

"If you have everyone back from a team that lost 10 games, experience isn't too important."

On how coaching an expansion team is a religious experience: "You do a lot of praying, but most of the time the answer is 'no.'"

“I’ll probably take a little time off and go hide somewhere. We will be back. Maybe not this century, but we will be back and we will be a better football team.” - (Bucs win Super Bowl in next century...)

On the play of Joe Namath in the Jets' 34-0 victory over Tampa Bay, “Namath is still Namath, but I must say that our guys were nice to him. I noticed when they knocked him down, they helped him to his feet. That was gentlemanly. I thought one stood around long enough to get his autograph.”

On how badly the Bucs looked in losing to the Steelers, 42-0, “There were times I felt like leaving the stadium and hitchhiking home.”

On the weaknesses of linebacker Hugh Green: '`He's not twins.''

On opening days: "Opening games make me nervous. To tell the truth, I'd rather open with our second game.''

LMAO!!

 

[blindbaby]

Ty Cobb while visiting a hospital for crippled children.

"Muscular dystrophy? They look more like wimps in wheel chairs to me".

 

[blindbaby]

Bobby Hull:

"My wife made me a millionare; problem is, I had 2 million before I met her".

(or something like that)

 

[thedddd]

Still one of the best ever courtesy of John McKay coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in their dreadful 1976 season....

In response to a question about his team's execution - "I'm all in favour of it."

Ahhh...John McKay one of the best one liners of all time like the other poster put out there also.

Jim Mora, Dennis Green and Herm Edwards went to the John McKay school of giving interviews in the NFL


But the best ever in the NHL is the "Good, because you fell, you fat pig! Have another doughnut! Have another doughnut!"

 

[mooger_35]

Bobby Hull:

"My wife made me a millionare; problem is, I had 2 million before I met her".

(or something like that)

I believe it was "Hockey made me a multi-millionaire. My ex-wife made me a millionaire"

 

[dash]

"If I had the Rangers payroll, I'd win the Cup every year"

- Glen Sather

 

[mooger_35]

"If I had the Rangers payroll, I'd win the Cup every year"

- Glen Sather

 

[sbb122]

In 1953 Ralph Kiner of the Pirates walked into Branch Rickey's office and demanded a raise to his contract.

Rickey's reply--- "We finished last with you, we can finish last without you."