No matter who you are, we’re creatures of habit. The better your habits are, the better they will be in pressure situations.
WAYNE GRETZKYCanadian 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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At the end of the day everybody lost. We almost crippled our industry. It was very disappointing what happened.
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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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A lot of times, I can turn and pass without even looking.
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We played in an era where you were taught to hate your opponent. But life changes. I raise my kids differently than my mom and dad raised their kids.
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He brings something special. I don’t know what it is, but if you ask him, you couldn’t understand his answer.
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In one sense we are a favorite because we won a gold medal in 2002.
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I miss all the shots I don’t take.
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My best friend had a hockey scholarship at Ohio State, so I would get a couple of pairs at the beginning of the season and send them down to him. They practised two hours a day. He’d skate in them for three weeks then ship them back.
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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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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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I can remember hockey. It was my life, my passion. It’s what I love the most.
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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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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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Hockey is my life. I love every minute of it.
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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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Maybe it wasn’t the talent the Lord gave me-maybe it was the passion.
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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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As a player, you have one responsibility, to focus yourself and be ready for the game. As a coach, your responsibility is to get 20 guys ready and have them all on the same page. If you can’t get every guy ready every night, you’re going to struggle.
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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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I 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.
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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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And people who know me would tell you that away from hockey I’m really not that competitive.
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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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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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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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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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