It’s just amazing how many companies suddenly want you to hold up their products after you’ve held up the Stanley Cup.
WAYNE GRETZKYMy 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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I miss all the shots I don’t take.
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One of the key qualities that you need to be a great hockey player is fantastic anticipation and feel for the game – if you know where the puck is going before it is hit, that is half the battle.
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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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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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I think that from the time you start playing sports as a child you see that your responsibility to your team is to play the best that you can play as an individual. And yet, not take anything away from being part of a team.
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Everything I did in hockey, I worked for.
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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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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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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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One hundred percent of shots not taken don’t go in.
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Maybe it wasn’t the talent the Lord gave me-maybe it was the passion.
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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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The biggest difference between L.A. and Edmonton was that instead of people looking at me I was looking at them.
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When I played in a 21-team league, there were six or seven goalies who were just average, and the equipment and pads were smaller. I came in the right era. I played for the right team. It was all speed, and creativity and imagination.
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We’re in a tough situation because of teenage children, and then we have a 2-year-old and a 5-year-old, so my family and my responsibilities is sort of a juggle.
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