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 GRETZKYI 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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Everything I did in hockey, I worked for.
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I love everything about hockey.
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It’s just amazing how many companies suddenly want you to hold up their products after you’ve held up the Stanley Cup.
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The greatest thing about playing obviously is winning, and you can’t replace that experience with anything.
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Not doing it is certainly the best way to not getting it.
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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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One of the key qualities that you need to be a great hockey player is fantastic anticipation and feel for the game – if you know where the puck is going before it is hit, that is half the battle.
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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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We played in an era where you were taught to hate your opponent. But life changes. I raise my kids differently than my mom and dad raised their kids.
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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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It’s an honour and a thrill and a privilege just to play in the NHL.
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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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I can remember hockey. It was my life, my passion. It’s what I love the most.
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The only way a kid is going to practice is if it’s total fun for him and it was for me.
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When people come up to me and say, “I was at your Game 7 in the playoffs in Toronto,” or, “I saw your first goal in the NHL,” that triggers memories. But I don’t sit around my kitchen table and tell my kids, “You know, one year I got 92 goals.”
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