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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.

Wayne Gretzky

Skating alone is an art. Doing it on a substance? I don’t know. That’s got to be tough.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Alone Art Myself Skate Sports Tough
I can remember hockey. It was my life, my passion. It’s what I love the most.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Hockey Life Love Myself Passion Remember Sports
The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Compliment Hard Work Myself Pay Yourself
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.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Best Goal Help Important Need Player Sports Time Yourself
I love everything about hockey.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Hockey Love Myself One Liner Sports
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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Big Fast Myself Play Strong Way
I grew up such a fan. It was my life. Everything I did was hockey related and everything I have is because of hockey and the NHL.
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Fans Growth Hockey Life Myself
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.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Leadership Myself Play Thinking Way
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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Average Creativity Goal Imagination Myself Play Right Small Speed Team
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 GRETZKY

Athlete Children Force Greatness Lose Pressure Professional Sports Teaching Thinking Win World Yourself
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.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Focus Game Leadership Night Player Responsibility Struggle Yourself
If I had to pick three players to start a franchise, I’d choose Hasek, Peter Forsberg and Eric Lindros.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Choice Myself Player Start
I miss all the shots I don’t take.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Missing Myself One Liner Sports
Sometimes people ask, ‘Are hockey fights real?’ I say, ‘If they weren’t, I’d get in more of them.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Fight Funny Hockey Myself People Reality Sports
Canadian players have started to put more of an importance on the World Championships in the sense that as soon as they lose, they are called, they want to go play and they don’t go only on the basis of if they are injured.
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Important Injury Lose Play Player Start World
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.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Fundamental Human Leadership Mistake Perfection Possible Sound World Yourself

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