I’m probably the only guy in hockey who can win a scoring title and everybody is saying I had a bad year. I don’t worry about it.
WAYNE GRETZKYEverything I did in hockey, I worked for.
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I have absolutely no complaints about my life. But people think I got handed everything, all this kind of fell in my lap, that I was just God-gifted with all this talent. I wanted people to realize it’s a lot tougher than just waking up one day and you’re in the NHL.
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I can’t remember the last time I went to a game and there was a fight. I think they fight more in baseball now than they do in hockey.
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The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.
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Not doing it is certainly the best way to not getting it.
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Sometimes people ask, ‘Are hockey fights real?’ I say, ‘If they weren’t, I’d get in more of them.
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Hockey is a unique sport in the sense that you need each and every guy helping each other and pulling in the same direction to be successful.
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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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I can remember hockey. It was my life, my passion. It’s what I love the most.
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My kids are no different than anyone else’s – they tend to disagree with everything I say!
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You’ll never catch me bragging about goals, but I’ll talk all you want about my assists.
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People in general want to build somebody up and then try to knock them down. They always root for the underdog.
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Hockey is my life. I love every minute of it.
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You know, I’ve held women and babies and jewels and money, but nothing will ever feel as good as holding that Cup.
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I miss all the shots I don’t take.
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Skating alone is an art. Doing it on a substance? I don’t know. That’s got to be tough.
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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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That’s the hardest part of this whole process. The best part is picking the players and the worst part is telling basically five players they are not going to play tonight.
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I think the Americans are ready to play, they want to beat us. I think that players like Chris Chelios and his leadership over there goes a long way.
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I really wanted to write a book [99: Stories of the Game] on the tradition and history of the league, where kids can pick it up and read it and learn things and say, “Geez, I didn’t know that. That’s pretty cool.”
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He brings something special. I don’t know what it is, but if you ask him, you couldn’t understand his answer.
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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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You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
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Eight days ago, we were the toast of the town. Eight days later we’re Thanksgiving turkeys.
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When I played in a 21-team league, there were six or seven goalies who were just average, and the equipment and pads were smaller. I came in the right era. I played for the right team. It was all speed, and creativity and imagination.
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Most players go where the puck is. I go where the puck will be.
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Maybe it wasn’t the talent the Lord gave me-maybe it was the passion.
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