I can remember hockey. It was my life, my passion. It’s what I love the most.
WAYNE GRETZKYWhen 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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It’s an honour and a thrill and a privilege just to play in the NHL.
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I love everything about hockey.
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When you’re playing an exhibition, you’re kind of letting everyone get an opportunity.
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One hundred percent of shots not taken don’t go in.
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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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Everything I did in hockey, I worked for.
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I think that from the time you start playing sports as a child you see that your responsibility to your team is to play the best that you can play as an individual. And yet, not take anything away from being part of a team.
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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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I grew up such a fan. It was my life. Everything I did was hockey related and everything I have is because of hockey and the NHL.
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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.
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The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.
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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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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.
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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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