<p><i>An all-star collection of wise, sarcastic and hilarious quotes.</i></p><p><b>Shooting from the Lip</b> is full of the off-the-cuff comments that keep millions of fans not only watching games, but also avidly reading the sports pages. They're fresh, they're frank, and they're all about hockey. For example:</p><ul><li><i>You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take.</i> (Center Wayne Gretzky)</li><li><i>I was kind of hoping it would straighten it out.</i> (Center Rod Brind'Amour, after suffering his fourth broken nose)</li><li><i>I'm not dirty, just aggressive. Fighter pilots have machine guns. I have only my mask and stick.</i> (Goalie Gerry Cheevers)</li><li><i>I don't want to tell you half truths, unless they're completely accurate.</i> (Coach Alain Vigneault).</li></ul><p>There are 300-plus quotes representing 50 years of hockey, further enlivened with colorful graphics and photographs of the featured players, coaches and other personalities.</p><p>The book is organized into a wide range of topics, including attitude, blowouts, coaching and fans, hockey hair, injuries and feuds, penalties and goons, taking shots, and winning and losing.</p><p>Whether consumed in random nibbles or devoured in one sitting, <b>Shooting from the Lip</b> will entertain hockey fans of all ages.</p>