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When you’re playing an exhibition, you’re kind of letting everyone get an opportunity.

Wayne Gretzky

Canadian players have started to put more of an importance on the World Championships in the sense that as soon as they lose, they are called, they want to go play and they don’t go only on the basis of if they are injured.
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Hockey is my life. I love every minute of it.
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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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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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One hundred percent of shots not taken don’t go in.
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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 wasn’t naturally gifted in terms of size and speed; everything I did in hockey I worked for, and that’s the way I’ll be as a coach.
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Skating alone is an art. Doing it on a substance? I don’t know. That’s got to be tough.
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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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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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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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I miss all the shots I 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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At the end of the day everybody lost. We almost crippled our industry. It was very disappointing what happened.
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My kids are no different than anyone else’s – they tend to disagree with everything I say!
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What you want to do with your best players is, it doesn’t matter how many goals and assists they get, but when they get goals and assists. The best players get them at the most important times, and that’s when we need those guys to come through.
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When you’re playing an exhibition, you’re kind of letting everyone get an opportunity.

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