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

Wayne Gretzky

One hundred percent of shots not taken don’t go in.
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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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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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We played in an era where you were taught to hate your opponent. But life changes. I raise my kids differently than my mom and dad raised their kids.
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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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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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It doesn’t matter what I think. It doesn’t matter what other people think. You have to get on the ice and participate and play and the best team wins.
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No matter who you are, we’re creatures of habit. The better your habits are, the better they will be in pressure situations.
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You know, I’ve held women and babies and jewels and money, but nothing will ever feel as good as holding that Cup.
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You’ll never catch me bragging about goals, but I’ll talk all you want about my assists.
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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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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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Everything I did in hockey, I worked for.
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Most people marry their mother. I married my father.
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A lot of times, I can turn and pass without even looking.
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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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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.
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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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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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Growing up, I was always the small guy.
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It’s an honour and a thrill and a privilege just to play in 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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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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I love everything about hockey.
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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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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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Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
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