Ken Hitchcock Quotes


32 quotes:

"Look, it's not pretty. It's about getting points right now. We talked about fighting to the end and we fought to the end and got two points."
Author: Hitchcock Quotes Category: Sports Quotes
"I don't think that stuff is relevant because some of [them] were overtime losses. I worry about the response after a win. My major focus is, how do we respond after a big game? We have had lots of big wins but we have not always responded well."
Author: Hitchcock Quotes Category: Worry Quotes
"We?re going to have to make some adjustments. We honestly don?t know how this is going to work for us until we play some exhibition games."
Author: Hitchcock Quotes Category: Work Quotes
"If you can't get ready for the best team in the league, you're in trouble. They've taken on all comers this year and they've really eaten up some teams. I don't know whether it's the fear of getting embarrassed, but we've got a lot of competitive guys and we love to play in these type of games."
Author: Hitchcock Quotes Category: Trouble Quotes
"He, (Wayne) Gretzky and Gordie (Howe), for me, personally, are the guys. Special player, special person, special talent."
Author: Hitchcock Quotes Category: Talent Quotes
"We're locked in now. Hopefully we can make this interesting. Sometimes we struggle to get emotionally connected, but we're locked in now."
Author: Hitchcock Quotes Category: Struggle Quotes
"It's still not good enough. We know the rules and we took two penalties in the third period that we can't take, not when the game is on the line. You're just dealing with an unbelievable level of fire when you're giving a team like that six, seven or eight penalties."
Author: Hitchcock Quotes Category: Rules Quotes
"I think we were overwhelmed the first 10 minutes. That's my responsibility. We were embarrassed, embarrassed by the way we performed and embarrassed by the way we finished the hockey game."
Author: Hitchcock Quotes Category: Responsibility Quotes
"He was happier on that side and as a result, he was exceptional in practice (Wednesday). He likes the left a lot more because he thinks it helps his confidence and speed."
Author: Hitchcock Quotes Category: Practice Quotes
"That's just the reality of the game right now. [Power plays] are a hard read, but when you start seeing numbers like eight or nine [penalties a game], I think the percentages are going to go down."
Author: Hitchcock Quotes Category: Power Quotes
"It's the nature of our season. We're in first place in one category. We lead the league in the unfortunate category of injuries."
Author: Hitchcock Quotes Category: Nature Quotes
"Management misses an opportunity to build a team greatly."
Author: Hitchcock Quotes Category: Management Quotes
"Their tenacity, speed and hunger controlled the game."
Author: Hitchcock Quotes Category: Hunger Quotes
"Those are usually a reward for hard work. Good players score those goals. Guys like you and me, the puck would end up in the seats."
Author: Hitchcock Quotes Category: Goals Quotes
"We had a lot of things that we did very well tonight. But to give up the two goals (in the third period) was really disappointing."
Author: Hitchcock Quotes Category: Goals Quotes
"We knew they were going to play games for us, but to switch locker rooms before we even played a game, we never even thought about that stuff. We had our 23 guys and we thought that was it, then bang, bang things change dramatically."
Author: Hitchcock Quotes Category: Games Quotes
"It's just bad luck. We feel like we might as well get it done now. If we wait 25 games and he's sore, he won't get a chance to play (healthy) down the line."
Author: Hitchcock Quotes Category: Games Quotes
"As the game wore on, we were out-competed,"
Author: Hitchcock Quotes Category: Game Quotes
"There almost becomes a fear factor. Nobody is used to what you can do and can't do. If you take one or two, then you don't want to do anything. Then you end up doing nothing."
Author: Hitchcock Quotes Category: Fear Quotes
"It seemed like every mistake we made went in our net. We deserved a better fate. We had a ton of things go right. We out-shot them. We out-chanced them. We outplayed them, but they're an opportunistic team and they took advantage of the mistakes we made. That's what good teams do."
Author: Hitchcock Quotes Category: Fate Quotes

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