Not doing it is certainly the best way to not getting it.
WAYNE GRETZKYYour friends, family, and kids have to understand that’s your priority. It’s the only way you can be successful.
More Wayne Gretzky Quotes
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Hockey 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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I really wanted to write a book [99: Stories of the Game] on the tradition and history of the league, where kids can pick it up and read it and learn things and say, “Geez, I didn’t know that. That’s pretty cool.”
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Most people marry their mother. I married my father.
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It’s easier to lose than to win.
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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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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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Skating alone is an art. Doing it on a substance? I don’t know. That’s got to be tough.
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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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I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
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