I couldn’t beat people with my strength; I don’t have a hard shot; I’m not the quickest skater in the league. My eyes and my mind have to do most of the work.
WAYNE GRETZKYI don’t think any one person will ever be bigger than the game.
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Not doing it is certainly the best way to not getting it.
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Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
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If I had to pick three players to start a franchise, I’d choose Hasek, Peter Forsberg and Eric Lindros.
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In one sense we are a favorite because we won a gold medal in 2002.
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Growing up, I was always the small guy.
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Everything I did in hockey, I worked for.
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I heard people say, ‘Why would he want to do this?’ My answer is ‘Why not?’ It is what I love. It’s what I know.
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As a player, you have one responsibility, to focus yourself and be ready for the game. As a coach, your responsibility is to get 20 guys ready and have them all on the same page. If you can’t get every guy ready every night, you’re going to struggle.
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My best friend had a hockey scholarship at Ohio State, so I would get a couple of pairs at the beginning of the season and send them down to him. They practised two hours a day. He’d skate in them for three weeks then ship them back.
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I love everything about hockey.
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I love everything about hockey.
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Kids don’t fight in minor hockey anymore. There’s very few fights in junior and college hockey. So growing up, all these guys are not fighting.
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At the end of the day everybody lost. We almost crippled our industry. It was very disappointing what happened.
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Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
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It’s kind of ironic when I broke in at 17, I was told I was too small, too slow and I wouldn’t make the NHL.
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I miss all the shots I don’t take.
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I think sports for kids is the greatest thing in the world because it teaches you how to share, about winning and losing and pressure. But I don’t think you should force your kid to become a professional athlete.
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Most players go where the puck is. I go where the puck will be.
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I wasn’t naturally gifted in terms of size and speed; everything I did in hockey I worked for, and that’s the way I’ll be as a coach.
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What you want to do with your best players is, it doesn’t matter how many goals and assists they get, but when they get goals and assists. The best players get them at the most important times, and that’s when we need those guys to come through.
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Hockey is my life. I love every minute of it.
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No matter who you are, we’re creatures of habit. The better your habits are, the better they will be in pressure situations.
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When you’re playing an exhibition, you’re kind of letting everyone get an opportunity.
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It doesn’t matter what I think. It doesn’t matter what other people think. You have to get on the ice and participate and play and the best team wins.
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I don’t think any one person will ever be bigger than the game.
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I think a lot of parents live their lives through the kids. Because they didn’t make it [achieve something], they want their kids to make it. It puts a lot of undue pressure on the kids.
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