I don’t think any one person will ever be bigger than the game.
WAYNE GRETZKYHockey 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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The greatest thing about playing obviously is winning, and you can’t replace that experience with anything.
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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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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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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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If I had to pick three players to start a franchise, I’d choose Hasek, Peter Forsberg and Eric Lindros.
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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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People in general want to build somebody up and then try to knock them down. They always root for the underdog.
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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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I couldn’t beat people with my strength; I don’t have a hard shot; I’m not the quickest skater in the league. My eyes and my mind have to do most of the work.
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I love everything about hockey.
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Most players go where the puck is. I go where the puck will be.
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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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The game is played out of instinct, but everyone on the ice has habits – good and bad. So the key to the game is to exploit the bad habits of your opponent.
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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 Power of WHO provides great lessons about how to succeed in business and in life. If you surround yourself with quality people and great friends, the sky’s the limit.
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