Hockey Quotes
- Publisher
- Editions de la Montagne Verte
- Initial publish date
- Aug 2008
- Category
- Hockey, History
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781897277355
- Publish Date
- Aug 2008
- List Price
- $9.95 USD
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Description
The greatest, funniest and most memorable phrases in hockey history: * ''I get paid for the practices. I'd play the games for nothing.'' Tim Horton, former Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman * ''When we've got the puck, they can't score.'' Paul Coffey, former Edmonton Oilers forward * ''We get nose jobs all the time in the NHL, and we don't even have to go to the hospital.'' Brad Park, former Detroit Red Wings defenseman * ''Hockey players can walk on water.'' Unknown * ''How would you like a job where every time you make a mistake, a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo?'' Jacques Plante, former Montreal Canadiens goaltender * ''I went to a fight the other night, and a hockey game broke out.'' Rodney Dangerfield, comedian * ''You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take.'' Wayne Gretzky, ''The Great One'' * ''Remember, keep your stick on the ice.'' Steve Smith, a.k.a. Red Green * ''I've got nothing to say, and I'm only going to say it once!'' Floyd Smith, former Toronto Maple Leafs head coach * And many more.
About the author
Arpon Basu had said since the age of eight that he would one day make the National Hockey League. Any chance of that happening, came to a crashing halt when, at 15 when he realized he was completely devoid of any talent. He earned a graduate journalism degree from Concordia University and went straight to a sports-writing job with the Canadian Press. The first time he walked into the Montréal Canadiens dressing room as a giddy cub reporter, Basu nearly fell over as it dawned on him that, despite his ineptitude on the ice, he had in fact been telling the truth as a dreamy-eyed eight-year-old.Basu covers sports for the Canadian Press in Montréal and writes a weekly sports column for the Montréal Gazette. He is also editor of Montréal’s South Shore, The St-Lambert Journal.
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