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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.

Wayne Gretzky

When I broke into professional hockey at 17 I was told that I was too small and too slow and I wouldn’t make the NHL. Now it’s kind of flip-flopped and the sense is I can’t be a good coach because I was a great athlete.
WAYNE GRETZKY

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A lot of times, I can turn and pass without even looking.
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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.
WAYNE GRETZKY

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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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At the end of the day everybody lost. We almost crippled our industry. It was very disappointing what happened.
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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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A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.
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Your friends, family, and kids have to understand that’s your priority. It’s the only way you can be successful.
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In one sense we are a favorite because we won a gold medal in 2002.
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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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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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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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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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Skating alone is an art. Doing it on a substance? I don’t know. That’s got to be tough.
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It’s an honour and a thrill and a privilege just to play in the NHL.
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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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