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 GRETZKYI 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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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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Maybe it wasn’t the talent the Lord gave me-maybe it was the passion.
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It really doesn’t matter or concern me what people are saying or who thinks who is the favorite. The bottom line is you have to play.
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I can remember hockey. It was my life, my passion. It’s what I love the most.
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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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My kids are no different than anyone else’s – they tend to disagree with everything I say!
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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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You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
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Everything I did in hockey, I worked for.
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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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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 you’re playing an exhibition, you’re kind of letting everyone get an opportunity.
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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.
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I can’t remember the last time I went to a game and there was a fight. I think they fight more in baseball now than they do in hockey.
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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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