Brett Hull Quotes (68 Quotes)

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'm patient with crossword puzzles and the most impatient golfer.

At my age, if there is an extended period of time that we're locked out, I don't think I'd be able to come back.

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.

I don't want to make a big thing out of it, but I know if I was in that situation I would have known who in the hell was around me. I know that wouldn't have happened to me.

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

I didn't like the '50s, you know. I appreciate Elvis, but I'm not a big fan. I'm not a rockabilly fan. And the '60s and early '70s were, to me, the greatest times to live.

I think the fans lost interest starting 10 years ago when Gary Bettman came in, and I think everyone who has watched the game has seen the game decline not only in popularity, but the actual game itself has declined in skill and excitement and fan entertainment value. Something's got to be done. We don't have a TV contract because it's 'a bad game.

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 not done yet making people miserable. If they're going to make me miserable, then I'm going to make them miserable.

I'm good at everything.

Their expectations of themselves have risen and I think they are having trouble grasping that. They are nervous and playing tight. It is going to take some time to wear off.

Hockey is its own game. It's completely different than all the other games, although it's getting way too close to soccer.

There are so many unbelievable words... But that doesn't mean I have a favorite word.

Because I don't give a... if you like it or not.

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.

(The Blues) gave me my real opportunity when I was traded there.

I'm scared to death to fly commercial... I have not flown commercial since 9/11.

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.

There's no one more competitive, ... He's the ultimate champion and competitor. He's going to have to really fight that when things don't go as great as he wants them to. I think it's going to help us players to have that. He's not going to settle for people going through the motions or not executing.

I can't retire after this year. I could, but I can't because I'm not going to let this game get the better of me. I am beating this game. I am not going to go out sour. I've had too many great times in this game. I'm not going out sour. I'm going to go out on my terms, not the game's terms.

I was telling him (Sunday) night, he's probably Coach of the Year. Coming into a new situation with players he wasn't sure about and to have them playing as hard and as well as they are, I think he's done a wonderful job.

When my dad was playing in Winnipeg in '72-I was about 8 years old-he took me to my first outdoor rink in the winter. My feet were so cold, and then it gets even more excruciating once they start to thaw. It was the most excruciating pain I've ever had.

You know what? I don't care. I'm my own guy. I'm very secure with my sexuality. I can cry anytime I want.

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.

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.

It's respect that you have from your players, and obviously he's going to have that, ... When a voice needs to be raised, I'm sure he can. I think that's why general manager Mike Barnett brought in the players that he did, the leadership and the veteran guys, so those times are few and far between.

There are teams that are going to fold, players aren't going to be... look at all of the players who are out of the game now because of contract demands.

Sometimes guys need to cry. Some hockey players think they're too tough to cry.

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.

Do I catch flak because I'm so much smarter than everyone else? I don't know.

You think you are invincible, and then all of a sudden you think you are useless. It's the worst feeling I've had in my life.

I realized I wasn't who I thought I was, ... I wasn't Brett Hull at 30 or 35 even. I was 41 years old and after a year and a half layoff, I didn't have what it took to play in the new game that was so exciting.

I wish no one had to do this, 'cause it's hard to think that you're never ever going to grow older, be unable to live up to the expectations that you set for yourself,

I've only told Wayne Gretzky not to do one thing, and he didn't listen to me so I would never tell him not to do anything again,

Anything that's signed by me on EBay is a forgery and not authentic.

You get 50 or 40 goals now, you've had a wonderful season, I think.

I'm known as a winner now.

I've KO'd a lot of guys verbally. I've got one of the most vicious knockout punches with the tongue of anyone on earth.

I know who you are. You wrote a book about my dad.

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.

You have to know how to score.

Hey, I just don't want to go to the dentist. And come on, everyone is vain.

When it was time to get the job done and win games, he was right there. Kind of a quiet - not a mean streak - but that mentality of business first, fun later when you're off the ice.

When I left, I got on the bus to go to Tokyo with Chris Chelios and Gary Suter and some of the guys, we were kind of sour because of what we heard had happened. I want to go and make it better and rebuild a great thing, which is USA hockey.

I'm very impatient. I am. That's the bane of my game. I don't think about what I'm going to do - I just go hit it, I don't stop to wait and think. Costs me two shots a round.

He loves to watch you put the puck in the net. I never asked him why he didn't want to score more himself I was afraid he would change his mind.

I'm not very calculated, ... I'm a real emotional guy, and as people probably know after reading some of the things I've said over my career, I don't put a lot of thought into what I say, and I say what I feel at the moment. I don't think that's a real good quality for a coach.

If I had my choice, we'd be listening to Neil Young or Bob Dylan.