It’s kind of ironic when I broke in at 17, I was told I was too small, too slow and I wouldn’t make the NHL.
WAYNE GRETZKYWe 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.
More Wayne Gretzky Quotes
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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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I can remember hockey. It was my life, my passion. It’s what I love the most.
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One hundred percent of shots not taken don’t go in.
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I love everything about hockey.
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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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Not doing it is certainly the best way to not getting it.
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The greatest thing about playing obviously is winning, and you can’t replace that experience with anything.
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He brings something special. I don’t know what it is, but if you ask him, you couldn’t understand his answer.
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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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It’s just amazing how many companies suddenly want you to hold up their products after you’ve held up the Stanley Cup.
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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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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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I don’t think any one person will ever be bigger than the game.
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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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My best friend had a hockey scholarship at Ohio State, so I would get a couple of pairs at the beginning of the season and send them down to him. They practised two hours a day. He’d skate in them for three weeks then ship them back.
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