Graham DeLaet Quotes

It's an honour and a thrill and a privilege just to play in the NHL.

For as long as I can remember I wanted to be a professional hockey player.

When I got drafted I just wanted to play one game in the NHL. I didn't really care anything about winning.

I hope one day I will be able to play in a game in the NHL, not just practice.

I'm in the NHL and I'll take whatever reputation I can to get here and to stay here.

Dedicating your life to something, dedicating time to something, ending up achieving it and maybe doing better than that. Me personally, that would be a Stanley Cup. That's something I've dreamed of my whole life. I think that's why every hockey player at this level plays.

I was always a decent hockey player, but I'd have never made the NHL.

Growing up in Canada, most kids from Canada dream of playing in the NHL, and they also hope one day to be on a Stanley Cup team. That was a big goal.

My goal was to play in the NHL, because that is the best hockey in the world.

Since the beginning, I always loved the game. When you grow up in Montreal, one day you want to be a professional hockey player. When I was six or seven, I knew that was what I wanted.

I always played hockey, I was always a hockey fan, but I was never bitten by the hockey bug... I never looked into playing it professionally.

I wanted to be a hockey player. Where I grew up, the basketball courts were rarely used. I was terrible in school and actually said, 'I'm going to be a hockey player.'

Listen, everything I have in my life is because of the NHL and because of hockey, and I love the game and I loved every minute of being a player, I loved coaching, I loved being involved in the NHL.

I am like the Jack Nicholson of the Kings - every single game. If there was a game tonight I wouldn't be here. I used to play hockey. That was my original thing. My first thing, I wanted to play professional hockey.

I was lucky enough to have a hockey career in the NHL.

It's a big step to be drafted. Ultimately, it's everybody's dream. That's where you start thinking about making the team, maybe about winning the Stanley Cup.

I wanted to be a pro athlete. I knew that.

I think it would be unbelievable to play in the NHL as an 18-year-old.

I'm not here to be mediocre. I'm not in the UFC just to get a paycheck and make a living. That's really not what I'm here for. If I wanted to make money, I would have gotten out of the sport and done something else. I want to be a world champion.

I knew I was going to be a sportsman.

But once I left home to play hockey, it was a commitment to be the best I could be and try to make the NHL.

For me, my hockey career is all about the Devils.

My mom was a two-time Olympic champion and when I start to play hockey I dream that if I have chance to play for my country I will do it every time they ask me.

Joining WWE has always been a lifelong dream of mine.

God has blessed me with something. One day, I do see myself being like Jimmy Iovine. I'm trying to build an empire.