Scott Gomez Quotes (59 Quotes)

I'm sure Lou would disagree. We've always got something to work on.

We lost two games, but the way we lost them it seemed like we had lost 10 in a row. This is a big test for us. We're still kind of - not a fragile team - but we've got a confidence thing. It all starts with a win. Sometimes that's all it takes to turn things around.

The team's gone through a lot, but one thing about it, we knew the potential of this club and we stuck with it. The main goal is just every game we just want to improve, we want to get better. We got some guys that know what it takes to win the ultimate.

It was an honor to be there and I'm not going to get into that. I was just proud to be picked.

The other night, 6-1, it's going to happen. We are definitely embarrassed -- we should be. But we got to wake up tomorrow and regroup, go back at it.

Our tournament starts now. If you lose, you go home. It's as simple as that. This is what you play for.

It was one of those crazy games where sometimes it happens. We hope the power play goes that way the whole playoffs but that's impossible.

Obviously, we're going to look at them. They're our cross-town rivals. They've embarrassed us a couple of times this year and we want to go as high as we can go. We've got to keep building. But when it comes to them, it will always be different.

I think people were loving the fact that we were a mess here for a while.

We've had our chances. When the power play is going good, they bounce in off three or four guys. Now, sometimes, it looks like we just learned how to skate.

How can you beat that It's great for hockey, it's great for this area, and we also beat one of the best teams in the league.

It's about time. When you get a little older you realize the playoffs are the real season. This is the fun part. It's always fun, but, growing up as a kid, this was the best part.

I don't think guys know what the records are because all we know is Stanley Cups here. But knowing Brian and being someone who loves to pass the puck, that's always my goal, to see one of my wingers get 50 goals. That would be an awesome achievement.

The whole team, the whole organization stepped up today.

It's one of those things, we're just used to it. It's Marty. People don't realize that if you score on that guy in practice you have to let him know it because he's going to go down as one of the best.

I think the team's gone through a lot. One thing, we knew the potential of this club. We stuck with it. That's been the main goal.

Right now I'm a little bit shocked because he announced something, but at the same time he didn't play the second half of the year.

It just shows what kind of team they are. They didn't give up, they played to the end and it was great for the fans tonight. They got a great hockey game.

Our line has got to score and we're not doing it right now. We'll take some of the blame or most of it.

Patty took over right from the get-go. We need that. That's his job. He's a goal-scorer. He's had tons of chances in recent games. When he got that first one, you could tell he was on a roll.

You've got to have luck on the power play. Sometimes it's going to go in, sometimes it's not.

Every year, I just want to keep improving. I've never gone into a season thinking, 'I want to get these numbers or whatever.' Every year, I want to be a better player, a more complete player. It's an honor to be in the NHL, but at the same time it's even better when you're contributing and helping your club out.

A lot of people went home happy. That was awesome. I was proud to be in New Jersey tonight.

With what's gone on here the last couple of weeks, we've got to enjoy this. You've got to feel good about yourself. These are the points we need.

If it happens, it happens. Personally, I'm not going to be looking at the scoreboard. That's where we got in trouble. We were so worried about catching teams, this and that, and next thing you know we're battling for the last playoff spot.

We've got to approach every game as Game 7. We've got to win. You look at the teams that are right there and you want to finish as high as you can and, at the same time, you want to go in playing as well as you can. So, to even worry about Atlanta would be a big mistake and to worry about Tampa or any of those teams would be a mistake.

In these last 10 games we've done what we've had to do. We needed to win those points and we just kept rolling and when you've got confidence on your side, it's really important.

You don't want to be home for Christmas, let's put it that way.

It was impressive. That's as good as it gets. It's like he hasn't missed a beat. If anything, he's gotten stronger. It was fun to see.

A lot went on at the beginning of the year. Some nights, some guys were there, other nights they weren't. The way the league is now, you have to have every guy going, every line going, every night and putting the effort in.

It's going to be a different game. We'll get the game plan and we'll go over it again. I'm sure we're going to face a different team. They've got great coaching over there. They've got a lot of pride.

It was the last time Larry coached and it was a bad feeling the next day. Everyone felt we let him down. ... When you see Larry Robinson spilling his guts out to you, saying he can't do it anymore, it's tough. We were embarrassed. The only ones to blame were ourselves.

He puts on a show every night.

Obviously, it's a shock right now to hear. You knew that day would come. We all thought Scotty would be back.

All those guys put USA Hockey on the map in our generation. It's exciting to see the next generation of guys.

It's like striking out in baseball. It's a long way back to the bench.

Incredible. It says a lot not only for him, but for the whole organization. When you look back on it, it's really impressive.

I think everyone is kind of counting us out right off the bat. They're not giving us much of a chance. Hopefully we'll go over there and shock a lot of people.

Our line has to score. We'll take some of the blame, in fact most of it. As a line, we're getting opportunities. We need to score.

If you love hockey, that's what it's all about.

We put ourselves back into position. We got our confidence back. We showed we can play with anyone.

The crowd was rocking during the national anthem. It was a huge goal and it settled everyone down.

We're embarrassed right now. We've let the fans down. People pay good money and they've always had pride in the Devils. We just haven't done the job.

We'll go back and watch the film. I'm sure there are adjustments we can make, and we'll make them. But in a tournament like this, it's got to happen quickly. Whatever's going wrong out there, hopefully we'll figure it out. We've got one more game, and hopefully we'll turn it around then.

We're going to face a different club. They got a lot of young guys who got their first taste of it. We've got to be ready for that on Monday night.

This only happens every four years. I don't think you'll get this smile off my face.

It's four games and we had four days off before Thursday's loss. There's no excuse. With the standard we set here, it's definitely unacceptable, but deep down each guy knows how we're messing up.

We were pretty huge Olympic people growing up.

It took awhile. A lot of people kind of counted us out at the beginning. It took us a little longer than we wanted, but it's an honor to make the playoffs.

If he's trying to start something, it's the wrong team.