Skating alone is an art. Doing it on a substance? I don’t know. That’s got to be tough.
WAYNE GRETZKYKids don’t fight in minor hockey anymore. There’s very few fights in junior and college hockey. So growing up, all these guys are not fighting.
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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 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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A lot of times, I can turn and pass without even looking.
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Hockey is my life. I love every minute of it.
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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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One hundred percent of shots not taken don’t go in.
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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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Not doing it is certainly the best way to not getting it.
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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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Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
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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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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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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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I love everything about hockey.
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