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There’s no perfect coach in the world. Coaches are human, too. Mistakes are made. But, fundamentally, if you’re sound, you eliminate as many mistakes as possible.

Wayne Gretzky

When people come up to me and say, “I was at your Game 7 in the playoffs in Toronto,” or, “I saw your first goal in the NHL,” that triggers memories. But I don’t sit around my kitchen table and tell my kids, “You know, one year I got 92 goals.”
WAYNE GRETZKY

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A lot of times, I can turn and pass without even looking.
WAYNE GRETZKY

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I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Inspirational Motivational Myself Passion Skate
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.
WAYNE GRETZKY

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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.
WAYNE GRETZKY

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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.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Blessing Children Feeling Goodness Happiness Level Myself Play
You know, I’ve held women and babies and jewels and money, but nothing will ever feel as good as holding that Cup.
WAYNE GRETZKY

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The greatest thing about playing obviously is winning, and you can’t replace that experience with anything.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Experience Greatness Play Sports Win Yourself
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.”
WAYNE GRETZKY

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I can’t remember the last time I went to a game and there was a fight. I think they fight more in baseball now than they do in hockey.
WAYNE GRETZKY

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I love everything about hockey.
WAYNE GRETZKY

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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.
WAYNE GRETZKY

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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.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Big Fast Myself Play Strong Way
We feel fortunate [with Canada hockey team]. We have got a lot of guys who love to play, but they also love to win even more. We are pretty happy. Although we are young, we like our group of players.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Fortunate Happiness Love Play Player Team Win Young
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.
WAYNE GRETZKY

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Most people marry their mother. I married my father.
WAYNE GRETZKY

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There’s no perfect coach in the world. Coaches are human, too. Mistakes are made. But, fundamentally, if you’re sound, you eliminate as many mistakes as possible.

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There’s no perfect coach in the world. Coaches are human, too. Mistakes are made. But, fundamentally, if you’re sound, you eliminate as many mistakes as possible.

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