I think sports for kids is the greatest thing in the world because it teaches you how to share, about winning and losing and pressure. But I don’t think you should force your kid to become a professional athlete.
WAYNE GRETZKYI can’t remember the last time I went to a game and there was a fight. I think they fight more in baseball now than they do in hockey.
More Wayne Gretzky Quotes
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Most people marry their mother. I married my father.
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It’s just amazing how many companies suddenly want you to hold up their products after you’ve held up the Stanley Cup.
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I love everything about hockey.
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I miss all the shots I don’t take.
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I think a lot of parents live their lives through the kids. Because they didn’t make it [achieve something], they want their kids to make it. It puts a lot of undue pressure on the kids.
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Most players go where the puck is. I go where the puck will be.
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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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Nothing can replace the Olympics. I love the Olympics. I was so proud when I played in ’98 and I was so proud when we won in 2002.
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My kids are no different than anyone else’s – they tend to disagree with everything I say!
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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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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.
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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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At the end of the day everybody lost. We almost crippled our industry. It was very disappointing what happened.
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I heard people say, ‘Why would he want to do this?’ My answer is ‘Why not?’ It is what I love. It’s what I know.
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Hockey is a unique sport in the sense that you need each and every guy helping each other and pulling in the same direction to be successful.
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