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.
WAYNE GRETZKYIt really doesn’t matter or concern me what people are saying or who thinks who is the favorite. The bottom line is you have to play.
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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 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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Eight days ago, we were the toast of the town. Eight days later we’re Thanksgiving turkeys.
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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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Nothing can replace the Olympics. I love the Olympics. I was so proud when I played in ’98 and I was so proud when we won in 2002.
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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 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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One hundred percent of shots not taken don’t go in.
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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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By no means could I play at the level of these kids who play in the NHL now but as 50-year-olds go, I feel really good and I feel blessed that I’m still healthy.
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Most players go where the puck is. I go where the puck will be.
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Canadian players have started to put more of an importance on the World Championships in the sense that as soon as they lose, they are called, they want to go play and they don’t go only on the basis of if they are injured.
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I love everything about hockey.
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Growing up, I was always the small guy.
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