Most players go where the puck is. I go where the puck will be.
WAYNE GRETZKYI couldn’t beat people with my strength; I don’t have a hard shot; I’m not the quickest skater in the league. My eyes and my mind have to do most of the work.
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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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One hundred percent of shots not taken don’t go in.
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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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I don’t think any one person will ever be bigger than the game.
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I couldn’t beat people with my strength; I don’t have a hard shot; I’m not the quickest skater in the league. My eyes and my mind have to do most of the work.
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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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A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.
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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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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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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 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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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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Skating alone is an art. Doing it on a substance? I don’t know. That’s got to be tough.
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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.
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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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