The greatest thing about playing obviously is winning, and you can’t replace that experience with anything.
WAYNE GRETZKYI 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.
More Wayne Gretzky Quotes
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It doesn’t matter what I think. It doesn’t matter what other people think. You have to get on the ice and participate and play and the best team wins.
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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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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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Growing up, I was always the small guy.
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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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And people who know me would tell you that away from hockey I’m really not that competitive.
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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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Most players go where the puck is. I go where the puck will be.
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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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The game is played out of instinct, but everyone on the ice has habits – good and bad. So the key to the game is to exploit the bad habits of your opponent.
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One hundred percent of shots not taken don’t go in.
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The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.
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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’m probably the only guy in hockey who can win a scoring title and everybody is saying I had a bad year. I don’t worry about it.
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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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