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You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
Wayne GretzkyWayne Gretzky One hundred percent of shots not taken don’t go in.
Wayne GretzkyWayne Gretzky Your friends, family, and kids have to understand that’s your priority. It’s the only way you can be successful.
Wayne GretzkyWayne Gretzky People in general want to build somebody up and then try to knock them down. They always root for the underdog.
Wayne GretzkyWayne Gretzky I’m probably the only guy in hockey who can win a scoring title and everybody is saying I had a bad year. I don’t worry about it.
Wayne GretzkyWayne Gretzky It’s just amazing how many companies suddenly want you to hold up their products after you’ve held up the Stanley Cup.
Wayne GretzkyWayne Gretzky He brings something special. I don’t know what it is, but if you ask him, you couldn’t understand his answer.
Wayne GretzkyWayne Gretzky The biggest difference between L.A. and Edmonton was that instead of people looking at me I was looking at them.
Wayne GretzkyWayne Gretzky When I broke into professional hockey at 17 I was told that I was too small and too slow and I wouldn’t make the NHL. Now it’s kind of flip-flopped and the sense is I can’t be a good coach because I was a great athlete.
Wayne GretzkyWayne Gretzky You know, I’ve held women and babies and jewels and money, but nothing will ever feel as good as holding that Cup.
Wayne GretzkyWayne Gretzky Canadian players have started to put more of an importance on the World Championships in the sense that as soon as they lose, they are called, they want to go play and they don’t go only on the basis of if they are injured.
Wayne GretzkyWayne Gretzky 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.
Wayne GretzkyWayne Gretzky 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.
Wayne GretzkyWayne Gretzky 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.
Wayne GretzkyWayne Gretzky 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 GretzkyWayne Gretzky 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.
Wayne GretzkyWayne Gretzky
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