I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
WAYNE GRETZKYI played everything. I played lacrosse, baseball, hockey, soccer, track and field. I was a big believer that you played hockey in the winter and when the season was over you hung up your skates and you played something else.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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And people who know me would tell you that away from hockey I’m really not that competitive.
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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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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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The day I stop giving is the day I stop receiving. The day I stop learning is the day I stop growing. You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
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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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Your friends, family, and kids have to understand that’s your priority. It’s the only way you can be successful.
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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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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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