I can remember hockey. It was my life, my passion. It’s what I love the most.
WAYNE GRETZKYYour friends, family, and kids have to understand that’s your priority. It’s the only way you can be successful.
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No matter who you are, we’re creatures of habit. The better your habits are, the better they will be in pressure situations.
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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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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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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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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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Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
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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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I don’t like my hockey sticks touching other sticks, and I don’t like them crossing one another, and I kind of have them hidden in the corner. I put baby powder on the ends. I think it’s essentially a matter of taking care of what takes care of you.
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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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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 greatest thing about playing obviously is winning, and you can’t replace that experience with anything.
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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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Kids don’t fight in minor hockey anymore. There’s very few fights in junior and college hockey. So growing up, all these guys are not fighting.
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Maybe it wasn’t the talent the Lord gave me-maybe it was the passion.
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Everything I did in hockey, I worked for.
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