I wasn’t naturally gifted in terms of size and speed; everything I did in hockey I worked for, and that’s the way I’ll be as a coach.
WAYNE GRETZKYI have absolutely no complaints about my life. But people think I got handed everything, all this kind of fell in my lap, that I was just God-gifted with all this talent. I wanted people to realize it’s a lot tougher than just waking up one day and you’re in the NHL.
More Wayne Gretzky Quotes
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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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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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My kids are no different than anyone else’s – they tend to disagree with everything I say!
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One of the key qualities that you need to be a great hockey player is fantastic anticipation and feel for the game – if you know where the puck is going before it is hit, that is half the battle.
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Everything I did in hockey, I worked for.
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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.
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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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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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It’s just amazing how many companies suddenly want you to hold up their products after you’ve held up the Stanley Cup.
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It’s easier to lose than to win.
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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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One hundred percent of shots not taken don’t go in.
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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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You’ll never catch me bragging about goals, but I’ll talk all you want about my assists.
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