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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

Eight days ago, we were the toast of the town. Eight days later we’re Thanksgiving turkeys.
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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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In one sense we are a favorite because we won a gold medal in 2002.
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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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Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
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You know, I’ve held women and babies and jewels and money, but nothing will ever feel as good as holding that Cup.
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I 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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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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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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Growing up, I was always the small guy.
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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.
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There’s no perfect coach in the world. Coaches are human, too. Mistakes are made. But, fundamentally, if you’re sound, you eliminate as many mistakes as possible.
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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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I don’t think any one person will ever be bigger than the game.
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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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People in general want to build somebody up and then try to knock them down. They always root for the underdog.
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