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.
WAYNE GRETZKYI think that from the time you start playing sports as a child you see that your responsibility to your team is to play the best that you can play as an individual. And yet, not take anything away from being part of a team.
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Canadian players have started to put more of an importance on the World Championships in the sense that as soon as they lose, they are called, they want to go play and they don’t go only on the basis of if they are injured.
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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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Maybe it wasn’t the talent the Lord gave me-maybe it was the passion.
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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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I can remember hockey. It was my life, my passion. It’s what I love the most.
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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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A lot of times, I can turn and pass without even looking.
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Eight days ago, we were the toast of the town. Eight days later we’re Thanksgiving turkeys.
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Most players go where the puck is. I go where the puck will be.
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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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I couldn’t beat people with my strength; I don’t have a hard shot; I’m not the quickest skater in the league. My eyes and my mind have to do most of the work.
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Everything I did in hockey, I worked for.
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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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When you’re playing an exhibition, you’re kind of letting everyone get an opportunity.
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