It’s just amazing how many companies suddenly want you to hold up their products after you’ve held up the Stanley Cup.
WAYNE GRETZKYNot doing it is certainly the best way to not getting it.
More Wayne Gretzky Quotes
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I’m probably the only guy in hockey who can win a scoring title and everybody is saying I had a bad year. I don’t worry about it.
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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’s easier to lose than to win.
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Competitive spirit is still at a premium. The more you win, the better you play, the more money you make, so they all have that in mind.
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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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In one sense we are a favorite because we won a gold medal in 2002.
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Lifting the Stanley Cup for the first time. There’s nothing like it. It’s the greatest story. In my era, they used to say you couldn’t be a superstar without winning one. I remember thinking when I lifted it: “Now they can’t say that about me.”
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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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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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I love everything about hockey.
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A lot of times, I can turn and pass without even looking.
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I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
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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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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 players go where the puck is. I go where the puck will be.
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