Hull Quotes
"Anyone who would walk away from
this team is obviously done."
"Canadian hockey fans...
They boo me every time I go anywhere.
Because I play for Team USA."
"Do I catch flak because I'm
so much smarter than everyone
else? I don't know."
"Figure out what you want to
focus on when you're 12 and 13,
and then start to learn the
real fundamentals."
"Guys sit there and say they
don't want their son to be a
goalie. He's 8 years old right
now, and he likes to play goalie.
Go ahead, play goalie-but I want
you to also play forward and
learn how to play the game."
"Hockey is its own game. It's
completely different than all
the other games, although it's
getting way too close to soccer."
"I did it because I loved
the game."
"I don't even think of myself
as a really good player any more.
After all the things I've done,
that's the hardest part."
"I genuinely was aware of what
was happening and enjoyed looking
at the people I won it with and
how they enjoyed it. Before, I was
just so excited that I won it that
I didn't get to really enjoy
the experience."
"I have an idea, an area where
I think I want it to go. It's too
hard to get too specific, so I know
it's going high and left, or
sometimes you just have to shoot
it so quick, you're just hitting
the net."
"I just want to get to a level
that only a couple of people have
been before and it pisses me off
that I don't know if I'll be able
to do it when I'm capable of
doing it."
"I like to think I speak for a lot
of the players. But a lot of the
players don't ever support me,
which pisses me off."
"I see myself playing as long as I
am partially enjoying the game and
partially successful and they are
paying me. But honestly, two more
years is about all I can take."
"I think the biggest thing for me
is being able to adjust to the way
the game has changed. It's basically
a 180-degree turn from the style I
like to play. That's what I think
I'm most proud of, being able to fit
into this style of game and still
be fairly successful."
"I'm also not going to cut my
nose off to spite my face,
because I also know that -
without sounding egotistical
-
there are some people who bring
the 20,000 or so fans into the
arena to watch. And as much as
I'm older, I think I'm kind of
an exciting player at times."
"I'm good at everything."
"I'm known as a winner now."
"I'm not done yet making people
miserable. If they're going to
make me miserable, then I'm going
to make them miserable."
"I'm not going to work for the
Players' Association, and I'm not
going to work for the league. I'm
going to work somewhere where we
can bring both sides together and
make it a better game."
"I'm one of the guys who's about
to go to the Senior Tour."
"I've committed myself to be this
type of player. Bitch and moan as
I may, I've committed myself to it,
and I'm going to stay committed to
it until I'm done, because they
gave me a chance to win the
ultimate goal. I'll never forget
them for that."
"I've never repeated, you know?
We went to the finals back-to-back
in Dallas, but we didn't win the
second time. We lost in the final
to Jersey. But if you have the same
group, because of the knowledge you
have, yeah, I think the journey
is easier."
"If they don't see you do it, then
they're not going to do it, and
then you are completely... You have
to play within the team structure
no matter how much you want to do
something else, and that's why Mike
Modano is the best player in
the league."
"If you get the seventh goal in a
7-0 game, big deal. But any goal
has meaning, you know, even if it's
the third goal and it's 3-0. I mean,
they can still come back and get
three goals."
"If you have an active mind, it
always helps. You know, people who
don't do crosswords, their minds fall
asleep. That's why I do them-my mind
is always working. One day my brain
is going to explode through the top
of my head."
"If you're going to play hockey now,
you have to be able to play. If you
have the ability to fight and play,
you're an unbelievable commodity.
But if you can only fight, there
might be six of those guys left in
the league, and I can guarantee
they're going fast."
"It's all dictated by ownership
and GMs."
"It's the same reason I've been
known to be hard on players. But
it's only because I want them to
be better and be the best they can
be. At times, I just don't think
they try to do that, and it's the
same with the league. Sometimes I
don't think the league is trying
to make itself better."
"Keep it out of the middle of the
field, take it up the sidelines as
far as you can and then shoot it at
the net and hope it goes
in off someone."
"My teeth have never been touched.
Why did I tell you that? Knock on
wood. I've got a few scars over the
eyes, a couple on the chin, a few on
the beak and one across the cheek.
But my luck is running out."
"Sometimes guys need to cry. Some
hockey players think they're too
tough to cry."
"Sometimes I think the league is
just stifling itself, and I want
people just to think and wonder...
I talk all the time about how when
I retire I want to be a part
of the game."
"That's what infuriates me about the
game: the fact that... scoring...
is the one thing I love to do, and
it's almost like you are not
allowed to do it anymore."
"The fans are the most important part
of the game. Without them, there is
no game. They are going to quit
coming to the games if we don't make
the game better, more entertaining."
"The mental part is hardest, because
I still think the game should be
played a completely different way.
But I've committed myself to play
within our team structure, so to do
that and to fight your true feelings
is very difficult at times."
"There are more Americans in the
spotlight. I think the media of America
goes all over the world, whereas the
media of Canada doesn't go anywhere,
you know?"
