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.
WAYNE GRETZKYAnd people who know me would tell you that away from hockey I’m really not that competitive.
More Wayne Gretzky Quotes
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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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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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It’s an honour and a thrill and a privilege just to play in the NHL.
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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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One of the key qualities that you need to be a great hockey player is fantastic anticipation and feel for the game – if you know where the puck is going before it is hit, that is half the battle.
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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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When you’re playing an exhibition, you’re kind of letting everyone get an opportunity.
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I can remember hockey. It was my life, my passion. It’s what I love the most.
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Everything I did in hockey, I worked for.
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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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I played everything. I played lacrosse, baseball, hockey, soccer, track and field. I was a big believer that you played hockey in the winter and when the season was over you hung up your skates and you played something else.
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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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Sometimes people ask, ‘Are hockey fights real?’ I say, ‘If they weren’t, I’d get in more of them.
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A lot of times, I can turn and pass without even looking.
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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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