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The only way a kid is going to practice is if it’s total fun for him and it was for me.

Wayne Gretzky

Lifting the Stanley Cup for the first time. There’s nothing like it. It’s the greatest story. In my era, they used to say you couldn’t be a superstar without winning one. I remember thinking when I lifted it: “Now they can’t say that about me.”
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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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It doesn’t matter what I think. It doesn’t matter what other people think. You have to get on the ice and participate and play and the best team wins.
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A lot of times, I can turn and pass without even looking.
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Most players go where the puck is. I go where the puck will be.
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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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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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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 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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You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
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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 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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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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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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Nothing can replace the Olympics. I love the Olympics. I was so proud when I played in ’98 and I was so proud when we won in 2002.
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Not doing it is certainly the best way to not getting it.
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The only way a kid is going to practice is if it’s total fun for him and it was for me.

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