By no means could I play at the level of these kids who play in the NHL now but as 50-year-olds go, I feel really good and I feel blessed that I’m still healthy.
WAYNE GRETZKYWhat 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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At the end of the day everybody lost. We almost crippled our industry. It was very disappointing what happened.
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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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In one sense we are a favorite because we won a gold medal in 2002.
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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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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 love everything about hockey.
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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 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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It’s an honour and a thrill and a privilege just to play in the NHL.
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I don’t think any one person will ever be bigger than the game.
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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 grew up such a fan. It was my life. Everything I did was hockey related and everything I have is because of hockey and the NHL.
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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.”
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Not doing it is certainly the best way to not getting it.
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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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