The greatest thing about playing obviously is winning, and you can’t replace that experience with anything.
WAYNE GRETZKYOnly one thing is ever guaranteed, that is that you will definitely not achieve the goal if you don’t take the shot.
More Wayne Gretzky Quotes
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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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He brings something special. I don’t know what it is, but if you ask him, you couldn’t understand his answer.
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Thankfully, in my youth I had the best financial advisor a son could ask for: my dad Walter. When I got that first signing bonus in 1978, Dad took my cheque, announced, ‘This is what we’re going to do,’ and bought an annuity with 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’s an honour and a thrill and a privilege just to play in the NHL.
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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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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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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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Maybe it wasn’t the talent the Lord gave me-maybe it was the passion.
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I really wanted to write a book [99: Stories of the Game] on the tradition and history of the league, where kids can pick it up and read it and learn things and say, “Geez, I didn’t know that. That’s pretty cool.”
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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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You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
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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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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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Competitive spirit is still at a premium. The more you win, the better you play, the more money you make, so they all have that in mind.
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