I don’t like my hockey sticks touching other sticks, and I don’t like them crossing one another, and I kind of have them hidden in the corner. I put baby powder on the ends. I think it’s essentially a matter of taking care of what takes care of you.
WAYNE GRETZKYIf I had to pick three players to start a franchise, I’d choose Hasek, Peter Forsberg and Eric Lindros.
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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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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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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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And people who know me would tell you that away from hockey I’m really not that competitive.
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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’s easier to lose than to win.
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Everything I did in hockey, I worked for.
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It really doesn’t matter or concern me what people are saying or who thinks who is the favorite. The bottom line is you have to play.
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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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Most players go where the puck is. I go where the puck will be.
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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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Hockey is my life. I love every minute of it.
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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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Your friends, family, and kids have to understand that’s your priority. It’s the only way you can be successful.
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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.
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