A lot of times, I can turn and pass without even looking.
WAYNE GRETZKYI skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
More Wayne Gretzky Quotes
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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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Skating alone is an art. Doing it on a substance? I don’t know. That’s got to be tough.
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The only way a kid is going to practice is if it’s total fun for him and it was for me.
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In one sense we are a favorite because we won a gold medal in 2002.
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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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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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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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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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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 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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Everything I did in hockey, I worked for.
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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.
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Not doing it is certainly the best way to not getting it.
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