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.
WAYNE GRETZKYGrowing up, I was always the small guy.
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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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 don’t think any one person will ever be bigger than the game.
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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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When I broke into professional hockey at 17 I was told that I was too small and too slow and I wouldn’t make the NHL. Now it’s kind of flip-flopped and the sense is I can’t be a good coach because I was a great athlete.
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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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Sometimes people ask, ‘Are hockey fights real?’ I say, ‘If they weren’t, I’d get in more of them.
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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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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 love everything about hockey.
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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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Maybe it wasn’t the talent the Lord gave me-maybe it was the passion.
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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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Most players go where the puck is. I go where the puck will be.
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Not doing it is certainly the best way to not getting it.
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