A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.
WAYNE GRETZKYThat’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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Not doing it is certainly the best way to not getting it.
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Hockey is my life. I love every minute of it.
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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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We played in an era where you were taught to hate your opponent. But life changes. I raise my kids differently than my mom and dad raised their kids.
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You know, I’ve held women and babies and jewels and money, but nothing will ever feel as good as holding that Cup.
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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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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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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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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 greatest thing about playing obviously is winning, and you can’t replace that experience with anything.
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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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The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.
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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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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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You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
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