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.
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.
More Wayne Gretzky Quotes
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I don’t think any one person will ever be bigger than the game.
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At the end of the day everybody lost. We almost crippled our industry. It was very disappointing what happened.
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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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And people who know me would tell you that away from hockey I’m really not that competitive.
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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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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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People in general want to build somebody up and then try to knock them down. They always root for the underdog.
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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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A lot of times, I can turn and pass without even looking.
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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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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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It’s an honour and a thrill and a privilege just to play in the NHL.
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By no means could I play at the level of these kids who play in the NHL now but as 50-year-olds go, I feel really good and I feel blessed that I’m still healthy.
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I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
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It’s easier to lose than to win.
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