Nothing can replace the Olympics. I love the Olympics. I was so proud when I played in ’98 and I was so proud when we won in 2002.
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.
More Wayne Gretzky Quotes
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I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
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You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
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I think a lot of parents live their lives through the kids. Because they didn’t make it [achieve something], they want their kids to make it. It puts a lot of undue pressure on the kids.
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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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Hockey is my life. I love every minute of it.
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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 I played in a 21-team league, there were six or seven goalies who were just average, and the equipment and pads were smaller. I came in the right era. I played for the right team. It was all speed, and creativity and imagination.
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Maybe it wasn’t the talent the Lord gave me-maybe it was the passion.
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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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It’s easier to lose than to win.
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Everything I did in hockey, I worked for.
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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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We’re in a tough situation because of teenage children, and then we have a 2-year-old and a 5-year-old, so my family and my responsibilities is sort of a juggle.
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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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Lifting the Stanley Cup for the first time. There’s nothing like it. It’s the greatest story. In my era, they used to say you couldn’t be a superstar without winning one. I remember thinking when I lifted it: “Now they can’t say that about me.”
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