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At the end of the day everybody lost. We almost crippled our industry. It was very disappointing what happened.

Wayne Gretzky

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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We 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.
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Thankfully, in my youth I had the best financial advisor a son could ask for: my dad Walter. When I got that first signing bonus in 1978, Dad took my cheque, announced, ‘This is what we’re going to do,’ and bought an annuity with it.
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Maybe it wasn’t the talent the Lord gave me-maybe it was the passion.
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Everything I did in hockey, I worked for.
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One hundred percent of shots not taken don’t go in.
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I wasn’t naturally gifted in terms of size and speed; everything I did in hockey I worked for, and that’s the way I’ll be as a coach.
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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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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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We feel fortunate [with Canada hockey team]. We have got a lot of guys who love to play, but they also love to win even more. We are pretty happy. Although we are young, we like our group of players.
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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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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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When you’re playing an exhibition, you’re kind of letting everyone get an opportunity.
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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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The day I stop giving is the day I stop receiving. The day I stop learning is the day I stop growing. You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
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At the end of the day everybody lost. We almost crippled our industry. It was very disappointing what happened.

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