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It’s an honour and a thrill and a privilege just to play in the NHL.

Wayne Gretzky

I played everything. I played lacrosse, baseball, hockey, soccer, track and field. I was a big believer that you played hockey in the winter and when the season was over you hung up your skates and you played something else.
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A lot of times, I can turn and pass without even looking.
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When you’re playing an exhibition, you’re kind of letting everyone get an opportunity.
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Sometimes people ask, ‘Are hockey fights real?’ I say, ‘If they weren’t, I’d get in more of them.
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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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One hundred percent of shots not taken don’t go in.
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When I was 5 and playing against 11-year-olds, who were bigger, stronger, faster, I just had to figure out a way to play with them.
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You know, I’ve held women and babies and jewels and money, but nothing will ever feel as good as holding that Cup.
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Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
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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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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 can’t remember the last time I went to a game and there was a fight. I think they fight more in baseball now than they do in hockey.
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It’s easier to lose than to win.
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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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In one sense we are a favorite because we won a gold medal in 2002.
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Hockey is my life. I love every minute of it.
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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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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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My best friend had a hockey scholarship at Ohio State, so I would get a couple of pairs at the beginning of the season and send them down to him. They practised two hours a day. He’d skate in them for three weeks then ship them back.
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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 think a lot of parents live their lives through the kids. Because they didn’t make it [achieve something], they want their kids to make it. It puts a lot of undue pressure on the kids.
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My kids are no different than anyone else’s – they tend to disagree with everything I say!
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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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Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
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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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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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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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