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.

WAYNE GRETZKY

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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.

Wayne Gretzky

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.

WAYNE GRETZKY

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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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.

WAYNE GRETZKY

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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A lot of times, I can turn and pass without even looking.

WAYNE GRETZKY

A lot of times, I can turn and pass without even looking.
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When I broke into professional hockey at 17 I was told that I was too small and too slow and I wouldn’t make the NHL. Now it’s kind of flip-flopped and the sense is I can’t be a good coach because I was a great athlete.

WAYNE GRETZKY

When I broke into professional hockey at 17 I was told that I was too small and too slow and I wouldn’t make the NHL. Now it’s kind of flip-flopped and the sense is I can’t be a good coach because I was a great athlete.
WAYNE GRETZKY

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One hundred percent of shots not taken don’t go in.

WAYNE GRETZKY

One hundred percent of shots not taken don’t go in.
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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 my life. I love every minute of it.

WAYNE GRETZKY

Hockey is my life. I love every minute of it.
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Growing up, I was always the small guy.

WAYNE GRETZKY

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.

WAYNE GRETZKY

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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I grew up such a fan. It was my life. Everything I did was hockey related and everything I have is because of hockey and the NHL.

WAYNE GRETZKY

I grew up such a fan. It was my life. Everything I did was hockey related and everything I have is because of hockey and the NHL.
WAYNE GRETZKY

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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

At the end of the day everybody lost. We almost crippled our industry. It was very disappointing what happened.
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Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.

WAYNE GRETZKY

Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
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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.”

WAYNE GRETZKY

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.”
WAYNE GRETZKY

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The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.

WAYNE GRETZKY

The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.
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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.

WAYNE GRETZKY

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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Most people marry their mother. I married my father.

WAYNE GRETZKY

Most people marry their mother. I married my father.
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