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 GRETZKYNo matter who you are, we’re creatures of habit. The better your habits are, the better they will be in pressure situations.
More Wayne Gretzky Quotes
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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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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.”
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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 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.
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The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.
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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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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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And people who know me would tell you that away from hockey I’m really not that competitive.
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Eight days ago, we were the toast of the town. Eight days later we’re Thanksgiving turkeys.
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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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The Power of WHO provides great lessons about how to succeed in business and in life. If you surround yourself with quality people and great friends, the sky’s the limit.
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It’s kind of ironic when I broke in at 17, I was told I was too small, too slow and I wouldn’t make the NHL.
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In one sense we are a favorite because we won a gold medal in 2002.
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Hockey is my life. I love every minute of it.
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That’s the hardest part of this whole process. The best part is picking the players and the worst part is telling basically five players they are not going to play tonight.
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