All-Star Pride Quotes

“I was looking hardest for their big players. These were the guys I wanted to force into the boards first. Clean, legal body checks, of course. I didn’t want a reputation as a goon. Besides, I didn’t need to play dirty. I could do enough damage without getting penalties.”
― Sigmund Brouwer, All-Star Pride

“We played our first game that night in a Moscow arena so old and so dark that as we skated around our half of the ice during warm-up drills, I expected to see bats diving in and out of the rafters above us.”
― Sigmund Brouwer, All-Star Pride

“People six foot seven and 250 pounds should never lose their tempers,” I explained with a calm voice. “It can be unhealthy for everyone involved.”
― Sigmund Brouwer, All-Star Pride

“One of the things I don’t like about being tall is having to see the tops of people’s heads, especially those of middle-aged men. You can always tell when they’re slicking their hair forward to hide baldness. Or worse, you see their dandruff like sugar sprinkles on a cake.”
― Sigmund Brouwer, All-Star Pride

“My job is to skate as hard and fast as anyone in the WHL. My job is to pound all the opposing forwards and defensemen into the boards whenever possible. My job is to score goals on those few times I have the puck and the net is so wide that even an elephant in handcuffs couldn’t miss.”
― Sigmund Brouwer, All-Star Pride

“Strangers don’t smile at me. Even though I’m only 17, I’m too big to get smiles.”
― Sigmund Brouwer, All-Star Pride