Top Inspirational Hockey Quotes and Sayings to Ignite Your Passion

"The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it."

- Wayne Gretzky

"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take."

- Wayne Gretzky

"Talent is a gift, but you can only succeed with hard work."

- Jean Beliveau

"A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be."

- Wayne Gretzky

"This is your moment. You’re meant to be here."

- Herb Brooks

"Hockey is a metaphor for life. You have to be willing to get knocked down and get back up."

- Mike Eruzione

"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

"Have fun right now. If you do pursue this career, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to take hockey very, very seriously. But right now, just appreciate and build on whatever you love about the game. Enjoy hanging out with your buddies on the ice. No matter how big you make it, you’ll miss that time when it’s gone. Try that move out, look silly, and get better."

- Johnny Gaudreau

"Hockey is a game of fun. If you’re not having fun, you’re not doing it right."

- Mark Messier

"It’s more fun to be playing hockey than doing anything else."

- Connor McDavid

"Hockey’s filled with great people, and it’s a great sport, and I encourage a lot of people to play it because of the relationships that you make in hockey."

- P.K. Subban

"Ninety percent of hockey is mental and the other half is physical."

- Wayne Gretzky

"90% Of Hockey Is Mental"

- Wayne Gretzky

"Some May Have More Talent, But There Is No Excuse For Anyone Working Harder Than You"

- John Tavares

"In This Jersey, I Promise To Play For The Logo In The Front, Not The Name In The Back"

- Sidney Crosby

"Everyday Is A Good Day For Hockey"

- Mario Lemieux

"A Good Hockey Player Plays Where The Puck Is. A Great Hockey Player Plays Where The Puck Is Going To Be"

- Wayne Gretzky

"Ninety percent of hockey is mental, and the other half is physical."

- Wayne Gretzky

"Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard."

- Tim Notke

"Hockey, honestly, was my first love. The excitement, the fast pace, the intensity of the game… I still love it to this day."

- J. J. Watt

"When you pull on that jersey, the name on the front is a lot more important than the name on the back."

- Herb Brooks

"I’m just a hockey player. I want to play every day."

- Martin Brodeur

"Go out and have fun, and let’s see what happens."

- Doug Orr

"Hockey is a unique sport in the sense that you need each and every guy helping each other and pulling in the same direction to be successful."

- Wayne Gretzky

"Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice, and most of all, love of what you are doing."

- Javier Báez

"The only pressure I feel is the pressure I put on myself."

- Mark Messier

"You find that you have peace of mind and can enjoy yourself, get more sleep, and rest when you know that it was a one hundred percent effort that you gave – win or lose."

- Gordie Howe

"Great moments are born from great opportunities."

- Herb Brooks

"Hockey is a tough, physical game, and it always should be."

- Mario Lemieux

"Every day you guys look worse and worse. And today you played like tomorrow."

- John Mariucci

"It's not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it's what you put into the practice."

- Eric Lindros

"You can't be common; the common man goes nowhere; you have to be uncommon."

- Herb Brooks

"Yeah, I'm cocky and I am arrogant. But that doesn't mean I'm not a nice person."

- Jeremy Roenick

"Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire."

- Arnold H. Glasow

"There are no environments where you're only going to win because life just isn't like that."

- Bobby Orr

"Sometimes you do the hard work and set the table, and somebody else eats the meal."

- Brian Burke

"The greatest hockey player who ever lived: Bobby Orr, and if you don’t believe me, I’m ready to fight about it."

- Don Cherry

"The day you hear someone call you 'coach' is the day you have made a difference in someone's life."

- Mike Babcock

"You have to have the maturity to accept that sometimes you don’t get to win."

- Mike Babcock

"Champions are made when no one is watching."

- Unknown

"Practice as if you are the worst, perform as if you are the best."

- Unknown

"The only way to become a better player is to practice relentlessly, work on your weaknesses, and perfect your strengths."

- Unknown

"Push yourself because no one else is going to do it for you."

"Field hockey is the sport of dedication, strategy, and heart."

- Unknown

"Play with heart, win with grace."

- Unknown