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If you aren't already completely pumped up about hockey, it's time to skate into high gear now because the most wonderful time of the year, The Stanley Cup Playoffs, is just around the corner. One of the publishers newest to us is Firefly Books, and they've impressed us with both their quality and breadth of disciplines. Previously, we've written on Vogue and Polar Bears, two other topics we find quite laudable. And as far as hockey goes, you know it has its own column: NHL Peachy.
Even if you don't like hockey as much as Peachy Deegan, a lot of these quotes apply to life in general: sports teaches you about life tremendously. There's a fabulous timeless quality to this book as it spans eras. We like how it's organized, and the chapters of the titles are great like "Humble Pie" and "Thanks for Sharing."
These quotes add another dimension of the game for the hockey-enthused everywhere, and with 400 quotes, there really is something for everyone. This book is HIGHLY entertaining, especially with the Alex Ovechkin inclusions.
Our favorite:
"You miss 100% of the shots you never take."
-Wayne Gretzky
The classy quotes are best:
"You'll never catch me bragging about goals, but I'll talk all you want about my assists."
-Oiler Wayne Gretzky
"I sometimes think if you part Wayne's hair you'll find another eye."
-Gordie Howe on Wayne Gretzky
There's an appreciation for history:
"As a child there were three horror films we knew from the West. One was Nightmare on Elm Street, the second one was Friday the 13th and the third one was Miracle on Ice."
-Russian Sochi Organizing Committee Head Dmitry Chernyshenko
You'll find some unique perspectives:
"We're giving the fans their money's worth. We're super-sizing the games for them."
-Panther Peter Worrell, on Florida's 13 overtime games by midway through the season.
"How would you like it if, at your job, everytime you made the slightest mistake a little red light went on over your head and 18,000 people stood up and screamed at you?"
-Hall of Fame Canadiens goalie Jacques Plante
Humor is rampant:
"I wear tinted visor not to trick other players, but so hot girls in stands don't see me looking at them."
-Alex Ovechkin, on his choice of eye protection
"I know my players don't like my practices, but that's OK because I don't like their games."
-Canucks Coach Harry Neale
"Right now I'm scoring goals and I'm the king of the world. And a couple weeks ago, I was almost in the toilet. So maybe you just forget to flush me."
-Capital Alex Ovechkin
"Just because you can draw it doesn't mean it can happen."
-Steve Yzerman on Game Plans
Shooting from the Lip is Highly Recommended by Whom You Know! It's high time to get in the hockey spirit.
This new edition has 60 new quips and quotes.
Shooting from the Lip is full of the off-the-cuff comments that keep millions of fans watching games and avidly reading the sports pages. These wise, sarcastic and hilarious quotes are fresh, frank and all about hockey. For example:
You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take. (Center Wayne Gretzky)
I was kind of hoping it would straighten it out. (Center Rod Brind'Amour, after suffering his fourth broken nose)
I'm not dirty, just aggressive. Fighter pilots have machine guns. I have only my mask and stick. (Goalie Gerry Cheevers)
I don't want to tell you half truths, unless they're completely accurate. (Coach Alain Vigneault)
This new edition is bigger and now features new NHL stars like Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin, for a total for more than 350 quotes representing 60 years of hockey. The quotes and quips are enlivened with colorful graphics and photographs of the featured players, coaches and other personalities.
The book covers a wide range of topics, including attitudes, blowouts, coaching and fans, hockey hair, injuries, feuds, penalties, goons, taking shots, and of course winning and losing.
Whether consumed in random nibbles or devoured in one sitting, Shooting from the Lip will entertain hockey fans of all ages.
