Stanley Cup Final

Famous quotes containing the words stanley, cup and/or final:

    “I’ve tried not to exaggerate the glory of athletes. I’d rather, if I could, preserve a sense of proportion, to write about them as excellent ballplayers, first-rate players. But I’m sure I have contributed to false values—as Stanley Woodward said, “Godding up those ballplayers.”
    The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new.”
    —Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)

    “The morning cup of coffee has an exhiliration about it which the cheering influence of the afternoon or evening cup of tea cannot be expected to reproduce.”
    —Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894)

    “Dignity: the doomed man’s final refuge.”
    —Max Frisch (1911–1991)