I wasn’t naturally gifted in terms of size and speed; everything I did in hockey I worked for, and that’s the way I’ll be as a coach.
WAYNE GRETZKYWhat 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 can remember hockey. It was my life, my passion. It’s what I love the most.
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Maybe it wasn’t the talent the Lord gave me-maybe it was the passion.
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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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Sometimes people ask, ‘Are hockey fights real?’ I say, ‘If they weren’t, I’d get in more of them.
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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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A lot of times, I can turn and pass without even looking.
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I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
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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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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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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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It really doesn’t matter or concern me what people are saying or who thinks who is the favorite. The bottom line is you have to play.
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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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Everything I did in hockey, I worked for.
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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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