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And people who know me would tell you that away from hockey I’m really not that competitive.

Wayne Gretzky

When you’re playing an exhibition, you’re kind of letting everyone get an opportunity.
WAYNE GRETZKY

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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.
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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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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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I think sports for kids is the greatest thing in the world because it teaches you how to share, about winning and losing and pressure. But I don’t think you should force your kid to become a professional athlete.
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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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Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
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It’s an honour and a thrill and a privilege just to play in the NHL.
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Competitive spirit is still at a premium. The more you win, the better you play, the more money you make, so they all have that in mind.
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As a player, you have one responsibility, to focus yourself and be ready for the game. As a coach, your responsibility is to get 20 guys ready and have them all on the same page. If you can’t get every guy ready every night, you’re going to struggle.
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I played everything. I played lacrosse, baseball, hockey, soccer, track and field. I was a big believer that you played hockey in the winter and when the season was over you hung up your skates and you played something else.
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I don’t like my hockey sticks touching other sticks, and I don’t like them crossing one another, and I kind of have them hidden in the corner. I put baby powder on the ends. I think it’s essentially a matter of taking care of what takes care of you.
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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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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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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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Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
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And people who know me would tell you that away from hockey I’m really not that competitive.

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