The greatest thing about playing obviously is winning, and you can’t replace that experience with anything.
WAYNE GRETZKYAnd people who know me would tell you that away from hockey I’m really not that competitive.
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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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The biggest difference between L.A. and Edmonton was that instead of people looking at me I was looking at them.
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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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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 love everything about hockey.
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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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Eight days ago, we were the toast of the town. Eight days later we’re Thanksgiving turkeys.
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When you’re playing an exhibition, you’re kind of letting everyone get an opportunity.
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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.
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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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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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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 skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
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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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Hockey is my life. I love every minute of it.
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