The game is played out of instinct, but everyone on the ice has habits – good and bad. So the key to the game is to exploit the bad habits of your opponent.
WAYNE GRETZKYIn one sense we are a favorite because we won a gold medal in 2002.
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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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I heard people say, ‘Why would he want to do this?’ My answer is ‘Why not?’ It is what I love. It’s what I know.
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Not doing it is certainly the best way to not getting it.
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Sometimes people ask, ‘Are hockey fights real?’ I say, ‘If they weren’t, I’d get in more of them.
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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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Lifting the Stanley Cup for the first time. There’s nothing like it. It’s the greatest story. In my era, they used to say you couldn’t be a superstar without winning one. I remember thinking when I lifted it: “Now they can’t say that about me.”
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When you’re playing an exhibition, you’re kind of letting everyone get an opportunity.
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I think the Americans are ready to play, they want to beat us. I think that players like Chris Chelios and his leadership over there goes a long way.
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I don’t think any one person will ever be bigger than the game.
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I grew up such a fan. It was my life. Everything I did was hockey related and everything I have is because of hockey and the NHL.
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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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And people who know me would tell you that away from hockey I’m really not that competitive.
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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.
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My kids are no different than anyone else’s – they tend to disagree with everything I say!
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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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Not doing it is certainly the best way to not getting it.
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When I was 5 and playing against 11-year-olds, who were bigger, stronger, faster, I just had to figure out a way to play with them.
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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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No matter who you are, we’re creatures of habit. The better your habits are, the better they will be in pressure situations.
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I think the Americans are ready to play, they want to beat us. I think that players like Chris Chelios and his leadership over there goes a long way.
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I love everything about hockey.
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The only way a kid is going to practice is if it’s total fun for him and it was for me.
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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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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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I love everything about hockey.
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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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