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.
WAYNE GRETZKY
WAYNE GRETZKY
Wayne Gretzky on blessing
Wayne Gretzky88 quotes“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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Wayne GretzkyWayne Gretzky Not doing it is certainly the best way to not getting it.
Wayne GretzkyWayne Gretzky 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.
Wayne GretzkyWayne Gretzky 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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Wayne GretzkyWayne Gretzky I love everything about hockey.
Wayne GretzkyWayne Gretzky 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.
Wayne GretzkyWayne Gretzky At the end of the day everybody lost. We almost crippled our industry. It was very disappointing what happened.
Wayne GretzkyWayne Gretzky Maybe it wasn’t the talent the Lord gave me-maybe it was the passion.
Wayne GretzkyWayne Gretzky I don’t like my hockey sticks touching other sticks, and I don’t like them crossing one another, and I kind of have them hidden in the corner. I put baby powder on the ends. I think it’s essentially a matter of taking care of what takes care of you.
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Kelly ClarksonKelly Clarkson Our sense of wonder is a blessing from God, given so that we would be continually amazed at His beauty and creation.
Ravi ZachariasRavi Zacharias Every Hour has its own value. Every minute is precious. Every second is irreplaceable. Thank Allah for the time you have, be it little. If you thank Allah for something, He will surely increase it in its blessings.
Nouman Ali KhanNouman Ali Khan Bless more; blame less.
Marianne WilliamsonMarianne Williamson When we love all parts of ourselves, when we bless all of ourselves, when we honor all of our history and all of our insecurities, doubts, worries, and fears, we become the women that we always wanted to be.
Debbie FordDebbie Ford You are doing the best you can, and that best results in good to yourself and to others. Do not nag yourself with a sense of failure. Get on your knees and ask for the blessings of the Lord;then stand on your feet and do what you are asked to do.
Gordon B. HinckleyGordon B. Hinckley Blessed is the man who gets the opportunity to devote his life to something bigger than himself and who finds himself surrounded by friends who share his passion.
Andy StanleyAndy Stanley The disciplined Christian will be very careful what sort of counsel he seeks from others. Counsel that contradicts the written Word is ungodly counsel. Blessed is the man that walketh not in that.
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