Quotes & Sayings About Winning The Stanley Cup

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

After referees negated a line change that led to Tampa Bay"s winning goal in the Stanley Cup Playoffs: After all these years in the league, am I that stupid that I would put four forwards and one defenseman in a 3-3 tie, in the third period? I think everybody that knows me here knows I"m not that stupid. I might be halfway stupid, but not that stupid. — Pat Burns

I'd rather have a 16, as in Stanley Cup playoff wins. — Lindy Ruff

Look at great teams like Detroit a couple of years ago; they win the Stanley Cup and guys only score 25 goals, nobody has a really big season. — Peter Bondra

Winning the Stanley Cup in '99 was a dream come true. I'll never forget it. — Ed Belfour

What I've learned so far from researching is that to win the Stanley Cup, you have to make the playoffs. — Ted Leonsis

I'd never won the Stanley Cup so I asked Cournoyer right after the final if this was like winning the Cup. He said, 'This is ten times better.' I believed him. — Dennis Hull

At the 1974 Stanley Cup Finals: Win today and we walk together forever. — Fred Shero

My only goal is to win the Stanley Cup and do what I have to to win that. — Jeremy Roenick

We should've been better, more disciplined. We made untimely mistakes defensively, as a group. This is really humbling for us. After winning the Stanley Cup, we got brought back down to earth, hard. Maybe the humbling is good for us in the long run. — Steve Yzerman

Winning a Stanley Cup for Toronto, that's the biggest dream and the biggest goal. — Mats Sundin

As a sports fan, the Los Angeles Kings winning the Stanley Cup makes me feel very alive. — Five For Fighting

Individual records are nice to get, but before the season starts, you want to play to win the Stanley Cup! — Guy Lafleur

We have to get better at that. All of the Stanley Cup winning teams throughout the past few seasons, when they needed to play defense, they did it. If you can play defense, that's when you know it's game over. — Steve Yzerman

People ask if I regret not winning a Stanley Cup, but winning the series against the Soviet Union was the best. It was the greatest experience of my hockey career by far. — Marcel Dionne