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Eight days ago, we were the toast of the town. Eight days later we’re Thanksgiving turkeys.

Wayne Gretzky

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.
WAYNE GRETZKY

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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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And people who know me would tell you that away from hockey I’m really not that competitive.
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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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I have absolutely no complaints about my life. But people think I got handed everything, all this kind of fell in my lap, that I was just God-gifted with all this talent. I wanted people to realize it’s a lot tougher than just waking up one day and you’re in the NHL.
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If I had to pick three players to start a franchise, I’d choose Hasek, Peter Forsberg and Eric Lindros.
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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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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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I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
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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 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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Your friends, family, and kids have to understand that’s your priority. It’s the only way you can be successful.
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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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People in general want to build somebody up and then try to knock them down. They always root for the underdog.
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I grew up such a fan. It was my life. Everything I did was hockey related and everything I have is because of hockey and the NHL.
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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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