I can remember hockey. It was my life, my passion. It’s what I love the most.
WAYNE GRETZKYYou’ll never catch me bragging about goals, but I’ll talk all you want about my assists.
More Wayne Gretzky Quotes
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Not doing it is certainly the best way to not getting it.
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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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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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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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I couldn’t beat people with my strength; I don’t have a hard shot; I’m not the quickest skater in the league. My eyes and my mind have to do most of the work.
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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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I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
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Maybe it wasn’t the talent the Lord gave me-maybe it was the passion.
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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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Hockey is my life. I love every minute of it.
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Eight days ago, we were the toast of the town. Eight days later we’re Thanksgiving turkeys.
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Competitive spirit is still at a premium. The more you win, the better you play, the more money you make, so they all have that in mind.
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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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It’s easier to lose than to win.
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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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