Vladislav Tretiak famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

The gods have fled, I know. My sense is the gods have always been essentially absent. I do not believe human beings have played games or sports from the beginning merely to summon or to please or to appease the gods. If anthropologists and historians believe that, it is because they believe whatever they have been able to recover about what humankind told the gods humankind was doing. I believe we have played games, and watched games, to imitate the gods, to become godlike in our worship of eachother and, through those moments of transmutation, to know for an instant what the gods know.
You have no control over what the other guy does. You only have control over what you do.
You always catch the wrong players.
People didn't know the difference between a blue line and a clothes line.
Guys, I don't want to tell you half-truths, unless they're completely accurate.
We brought him [Raffi Torres] in because he was an emotional, physical player. He's had nothing but a great attitude and a great work ethic with us all year long. He comes to play, prepares himself real well. We need him to play the way he does. You know, he's a little bit sometimes outside the box, but you've got to let him be who he is.
Let's make like a hockey player and get the puck out of here.
There is something noble in hearing myself ill spoken of, when I am doing well;
For he who is honest is noble, Whatever his fortunes or birth.
A noble heart is a window to find an open mind.

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