Sakic Quotes & Sayings

The time of year I love the weather the most here is the fall, and I've never really gotten to experience the mountains and Denver in the fall because I was always playing and traveling. — Joe Sakic

I'm leaving the game of hockey with nothing but great memories. — Joe Sakic

As a kid, you dream of winning the Stanley Cup. As you get older, you understand the importance of winning the Olympics. — Joe Sakic

Any free meal is a good meal, you know? — Joe Sakic

You know what's good? Going on the ice and knowing that you don't have to skate when the whistle blows. All my life I've been the one skating. — Joe Sakic

When you think of Canada, you think of hockey and you think of Wayne Gretzky. — Joe Sakic

The more I can hear, the more I can learn, the better off I'll be. — Joe Sakic

You can't play hockey with a bald spot, so I'm hanging up the skates. — Joe Sakic

Hockey has given me everything, most importantly it brought me to Swift Current, where I met my wife Deb. — Joe Sakic

Winning does solve everything. — Joe Sakic

After 20 years in the game, I was fortunate to get away from the game and enjoy my family, which was great for me. — Joe Sakic

I didn't know that I'd like it this much, coaching both boys and coming out all the time and seeing how excited they are to play hockey. It reminds you of when you were that age and you wanted to be out on the ice. — Joe Sakic

Plenty of things in life are superlatively uninteresting; so that it is one-half of art to select from realities those which contain the possibility of poetry — Honore De Balzac

I like some shooters, and I respect games like Doom, but I don't think it's right for me. — Sid Meier

When you think of hockey, when you think of Canada, you think of Wayne Gretzky. — Joe Sakic

No computer has ever been designed that is ever aware of what it's doing; but most of the time, we aren't either. — Marvin Minsky

I like Joe Sakic. Coming out of Buffalo, I obviously like Alexander Mogliny, Pat LaFontaine. Hasek is up there. Miroslav Satan. Whoever seemed to be a good player at the time I'd watch. Jagr too. I tried to learn a lot from those guys. — Patrick Kane

You need a lot of leaders, but a hockey team needs a voice, not only in the community, but more importantly between the coaching staff and the players. There are always ups and downs in a season; the captain is the guy players look to in those situations. — Joe Sakic

To play in the Olympics, to play for your country, there's nothing like it. You love doing it and I'm looking forward to it again. We're all looking forward to trying to win another gold. — Joe Sakic

I'm just happy I got a hole-in-one for the first time in my life. — Joe Sakic

Do I really want to spend my whole life trying not to die by mistake? — Amanda Seyfried

When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation of the business that remains intact. — Warren Buffett

My e-mail address is actually my wife's e-mail address. I actually hate computers. — Joe Sakic

He will love only once - but it will be for always. — Judith McNaught

Heaven is by favor; if it were by merit your dog would go in and you would stay out. Of all the creatures ever made (man) is the most detestable. Of the entire brood, he is the only one ... that possesses malice. He is the only creature that inflicts pain for sport, knowing it to be pain. — Mark Twain

The God that is nearest to you in the people around you is the real one you need — Sunday Adelaja

A great marriage is not when the 'perfect couple' comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences. — Dave Meurer

What you have to realize when you write poetry, or if you love poetry, is that poetry is just naturally the greatest god damn thing that ever was in the whole universe — James Dickey

The benefit is competition, the thrill of playing in the Olympics, being an Olympian, playing against the best. — Joe Sakic

To be honest, I don't care how it went in. — Joe Sakic

I always said to myself that the minute I thought I'd slipped, and not be the player I wanted to be, it was time for me to go. — Joe Sakic

Once you're in the game and it's a part of your life, you never want to leave it. But you have to be committed to be able to travel and do the things you need to do to be successful in whatever role you're doing. — Joe Sakic

If you were to be stranded on a desert island, what three items would you take? I gave this frivolous answer: A cat, a hat and a piece of string. — Joanne Harris

I inherited a painting and a violin which turned out to be a Rembrandt and a Stradivarius. Unfortunately, Rembrandt made lousy violins and Stradivarius was a terrible painter. — Tommy Cooper

If you keep performing, and if you stay healthy, you keep playing. — Joe Sakic

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No man will ever be president of the United States who spells Negro with two g's. — William H. Seward

There was a period of time in America where the advertising world actually went to the housewives of America and had them write jingles that would appeal to them. It was actually brilliant marketing. — Julianne Moore

I always said to myself that if I thought I slipped and could not be the player that I want to be, then it was time for me to go. — Joe Sakic

Here in Denver, we want to thank Jeremy Jacobs for the way he runs his business. Otherwise, we wouldn't have gotten Ray Bourque and won a Stanley Cup. — Joe Sakic