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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.

Wayne Gretzky

I miss all the shots I don’t take.
WAYNE GRETZKY

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Eight days ago, we were the toast of the town. Eight days later we’re Thanksgiving turkeys.
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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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My kids are no different than anyone else’s – they tend to disagree with everything I say!
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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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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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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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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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The game is played out of instinct, but everyone on the ice has habits – good and bad. So the key to the game is to exploit the bad habits of your opponent.
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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.
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There’s no perfect coach in the world. Coaches are human, too. Mistakes are made. But, fundamentally, if you’re sound, you eliminate as many mistakes as possible.
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Lifting the Stanley Cup for the first time. There’s nothing like it. It’s the greatest story. In my era, they used to say you couldn’t be a superstar without winning one. I remember thinking when I lifted it: “Now they can’t say that about me.”
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Hockey is my life. I love every minute of it.
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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.
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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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Only one thing is ever guaranteed, that is that you will definitely not achieve the goal if you don’t take the shot.
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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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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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You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
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I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
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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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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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Everything I did in hockey, I worked for.
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The day I stop giving is the day I stop receiving. The day I stop learning is the day I stop growing. You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
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If I had to pick three players to start a franchise, I’d choose Hasek, Peter Forsberg and Eric Lindros.
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You’ll never catch me bragging about goals, but I’ll talk all you want about my assists.
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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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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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