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 GRETZKYMy kids are no different than anyone else’s – they tend to disagree with everything I say!
More Wayne Gretzky Quotes
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I love everything about hockey.
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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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It really doesn’t matter or concern me what people are saying or who thinks who is the favorite. The bottom line is you have to play.
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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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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 broke into professional hockey at 17 I was told that I was too small and too slow and I wouldn’t make the NHL. Now it’s kind of flip-flopped and the sense is I can’t be a good coach because I was a great athlete.
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It’s easier to lose than to win.
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Sometimes people ask, ‘Are hockey fights real?’ I say, ‘If they weren’t, I’d get in more of them.
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Hockey is my life. I love every minute of it.
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If I had to pick three players to start a franchise, I’d choose Hasek, Peter Forsberg and Eric Lindros.
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You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
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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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And people who know me would tell you that away from hockey I’m really not that competitive.
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A lot of times, I can turn and pass without even looking.
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I can remember hockey. It was my life, my passion. It’s what I love the most.
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