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Thankfully, in my youth I had the best financial advisor a son could ask for: my dad Walter. When I got that first signing bonus in 1978, Dad took my cheque, announced, ‘This is what we’re going to do,’ and bought an annuity with it.

Wayne Gretzky

We feel fortunate [with Canada hockey team]. We have got a lot of guys who love to play, but they also love to win even more. We are pretty happy. Although we are young, we like our group of players.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Fortunate Happiness Love Play Player Team Win Young
People in general want to build somebody up and then try to knock them down. They always root for the underdog.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Build Cheerful People Support Try
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.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Job Love Myself People Sports
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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Children Different Father Mom Myself Play Teaching
And people who know me would tell you that away from hockey I’m really not that competitive.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Competition Hockey Myself People Sports Talk
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.”
WAYNE GRETZKY

Children Goal Memories Myself People Place Sports
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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I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Inspirational Motivational Myself Passion Skate
I can remember hockey. It was my life, my passion. It’s what I love the most.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Hockey Life Love Myself Passion Remember Sports
It’s kind of ironic when I broke in at 17, I was told I was too small, too slow and I wouldn’t make the NHL.
WAYNE GRETZKY

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Everything I did in hockey, I worked for.
WAYNE GRETZKY

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A lot of times, I can turn and pass without even looking.
WAYNE GRETZKY

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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.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Business Friendship Greatness Lesson Life Limitation People Power Quality Sky Success
Skating alone is an art. Doing it on a substance? I don’t know. That’s got to be tough.
WAYNE GRETZKY

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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.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Different Himself Talk Team Understand Yourself
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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Thankfully, in my youth I had the best financial advisor a son could ask for: my dad Walter. When I got that first signing bonus in 1978, Dad took my cheque, announced, ‘This is what we’re going to do,’ and bought an annuity with it.

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Thankfully, in my youth I had the best financial advisor a son could ask for: my dad Walter. When I got that first signing bonus in 1978, Dad took my cheque, announced, ‘This is what we’re going to do,’ and bought an annuity with it.

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