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

Wayne Gretzky

I can remember hockey. It was my life, my passion. It’s what I love the most.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Hockey Life Love Myself Passion Remember Sports
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

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The greatest thing about playing obviously is winning, and you can’t replace that experience with anything.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Experience Greatness Play Sports Win Yourself
He brings something special. I don’t know what it is, but if you ask him, you couldn’t understand his answer.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Different Himself Talk Team Understand Yourself
Only one thing is ever guaranteed, that is that you will definitely not achieve the goal if you don’t take the shot.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Achievement Goal Missing Sports Yourself
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.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Focus Game Leadership Night Player Responsibility Struggle Yourself
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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Your friends, family, and kids have to understand that’s your priority. It’s the only way you can be successful.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Family Friendship Priority Success Understand Yourself
There’s no perfect coach in the world. Coaches are human, too. Mistakes are made. But, fundamentally, if you’re sound, you eliminate as many mistakes as possible.
WAYNE GRETZKY

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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.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Fight Game Myself Remember Sports Time
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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Most players go where the puck is. I go where the puck will be.
WAYNE GRETZKY

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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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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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It’s an honour and a thrill and a privilege just to play in the NHL.
WAYNE GRETZKY

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That’s the hardest part of this whole process. The best part is picking the players and the worst part is telling basically five players they are not going to play tonight.
WAYNE GRETZKY

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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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