The only way a kid is going to practice is if it’s total fun for him and it was for me.
WAYNE GRETZKYMaybe it wasn’t the talent the Lord gave me-maybe it was the passion.
More Wayne Gretzky Quotes
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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.
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One hundred percent of shots not taken don’t go in.
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The day I stop giving is the day I stop receiving. The day I stop learning is the day I stop growing. You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
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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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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.
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Hockey is my life. I love every minute of it.
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The greatest thing about playing obviously is winning, and you can’t replace that experience with anything.
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I’m probably the only guy in hockey who can win a scoring title and everybody is saying I had a bad year. I don’t worry about it.
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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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Most players go where the puck is. I go where the puck will be.
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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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Growing up, I was always the small guy.
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I don’t think any one person will ever be bigger than the game.
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Thankfully, in my youth I had the best financial advisor a son could ask for: my dad Walter. When I got that first signing bonus in 1978, Dad took my cheque, announced, ‘This is what we’re going to do,’ and bought an annuity with it.
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People in general want to build somebody up and then try to knock them down. They always root for the underdog.
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