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My kids are no different than anyone else’s – they tend to disagree with everything I say!

Wayne Gretzky

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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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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Leadership Myself Play Thinking Way
Growing up, I was always the small guy.
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Appearance Body Growth Myself
I really wanted to write a book [99: Stories of the Game] on the tradition and history of the league, where kids can pick it up and read it and learn things and say, “Geez, I didn’t know that. That’s pretty cool.”
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That’s the hardest part of this whole process. The best part is picking the players and the worst part is telling basically five players they are not going to play tonight.
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Most people marry their mother. I married my father.
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Father Marriage Mom Myself
I 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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One hundred percent of shots not taken don’t go in.
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Goal Sports Win
Maybe it wasn’t the talent the Lord gave me-maybe it was the passion.
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You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
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Missing Sports Yourself
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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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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When people come up to me and say, “I was at your Game 7 in the playoffs in Toronto,” or, “I saw your first goal in the NHL,” that triggers memories. But I don’t sit around my kitchen table and tell my kids, “You know, one year I got 92 goals.”
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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 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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Day Growth Learning Missing Sports Stop 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.
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