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 GRETZKYProcrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
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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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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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When people come up to me and say, “I was at your Game 7 in the playoffs in Toronto,” or, “I saw your first goal in the NHL,” that triggers memories. But I don’t sit around my kitchen table and tell my kids, “You know, one year I got 92 goals.”
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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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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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Everything I did in hockey, I worked for.
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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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I miss all the shots I don’t take.
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I love everything about hockey.
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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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And people who know me would tell you that away from hockey I’m really not that competitive.
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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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You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
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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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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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