122 Quotes by Chris Pronger

It’s not like you can start pounding drinks when you’re wheeling your kids all over. They gave me something to shoot for, a goal to get back to.

As you’ve progress further in the Playoffs, the ice usually gets a little softer. It’s tough to keep it that cold. We could make it hard, but it would be about 4 degrees in the building. I’m sure the fans wouldn’t appreciate that very much, wearing parkas in June.

I wanted to stay in the game. I wanted to learn more about the league, what goes on behind the scenes. As a player, you don’t really think about that, nor do you really care: you’re worried about your job.

I think playing the way I played, and knowing the game the way I know it, I think I’m going to have a better idea as to what the mindset of each player was.

You have to close quickly, you have to eliminate time and space and you have to try to deny them the puck. When you’re playing with it, it forces them out of their rhythm and forces them to play defense, which they obviously don’t want to do.

I got a headache right now and you wouldn't know it. It's just a pounding. Back of the head. That's the thing. You get used to it.

The best things in life aren't easy. My career kind of sums that up. From the start of it to the end of it, there were a lot of twists and turns, a lot of different adversities. Having overcome those, it makes you stronger.

A lot of guys are missing teeth and don't get them fixed until they're done. I think that's pretty much the hockey trademark... guys figure, well, we're going to lose our teeth anyway, so we'll get them fixed when we're done.

I don't have very good peripheral vision, that so-called sixth sense people have. I used to have a really good one, and now I couldn't feel anybody come around a corner.