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.
WAYNE GRETZKYProcrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
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If I had to pick three players to start a franchise, I’d choose Hasek, Peter Forsberg and Eric Lindros.
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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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No matter who you are, we’re creatures of habit. The better your habits are, the better they will be in pressure situations.
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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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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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The biggest difference between L.A. and Edmonton was that instead of people looking at me I was looking at them.
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As a player, you have one responsibility, to focus yourself and be ready for the game. As a coach, your responsibility is to get 20 guys ready and have them all on the same page. If you can’t get every guy ready every night, you’re going to struggle.
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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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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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I don’t think any one person will ever be bigger than the game.
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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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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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It’s easier to lose than to win.
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Eight days ago, we were the toast of the town. Eight days later we’re Thanksgiving turkeys.
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Maybe it wasn’t the talent the Lord gave me-maybe it was the passion.
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