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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

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Missing Sports Yourself
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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Leadership Myself Play Thinking Way
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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Children Feeling Goodness Hold Jewel Money Woman Yourself
Everything I did in hockey, I worked for.
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Hockey Inspirational One Liner Sports Work
I heard people say, ‘Why would he want to do this?’ My answer is ‘Why not?’ It is what I love. It’s what I know.
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Job Love Myself People Sports
I really wanted to write a book [99: Stories of the Game] on the tradition and history of the league, where kids can pick it up and read it and learn things and say, “Geez, I didn’t know that. That’s pretty cool.”
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Book Children Learning Myself Reading Story Tradition Writing
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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Important Injury Lose Play Player Start World
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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Battle Feeling Game Greatness Hockey Key Need Player Quality Yourself
By no means could I play at the level of these kids who play in the NHL now but as 50-year-olds go, I feel really good and I feel blessed that I’m still healthy.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Blessing Children Feeling Goodness Happiness Level Myself Play
One hundred percent of shots not taken don’t go in.
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Goal Sports Win
I can remember hockey. It was my life, my passion. It’s what I love the most.
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Hockey Life Love Myself Passion Remember Sports
It’s an honour and a thrill and a privilege just to play in the NHL.
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Honor Play Privilege Sports
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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Family Friendship Priority Success Understand Yourself
A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.
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Goodness Greatness Hockey Inspirational Play Player Sports
Kids don’t fight in minor hockey anymore. There’s very few fights in junior and college hockey. So growing up, all these guys are not fighting.
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Children Fight Growth Hockey Sports
When I was 5 and playing against 11-year-olds, who were bigger, stronger, faster, I just had to figure out a way to play with them.
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Big Fast Myself Play Strong Way
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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Average Creativity Goal Imagination Myself Play Right Small Speed Team
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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Best Goal Help Important Need Player Sports Time Yourself
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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Build Cheerful People Support Try
Not doing it is certainly the best way to not getting it.
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Best Defeat Failure Inspirational Lose
It’s just amazing how many companies suddenly want you to hold up their products after you’ve held up the Stanley Cup.
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Company Fame Hold Yourself
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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Direction Each Other Guy Help Hockey Sports Success Team Yourself
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.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Fortunate Happiness Love Play Player Team Win Young
Most players go where the puck is. I go where the puck will be.
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Difference Myself Player Sports Trick
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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Achievement Children Live Myself Parents Pressure Thinking
Only one thing is ever guaranteed, that is that you will definitely not achieve the goal if you don’t take the shot.
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Achievement Goal Missing Sports Yourself

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

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