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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.

Wayne Gretzky

It’s an honour and a thrill and a privilege just to play in the NHL.
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In one sense we are a favorite because we won a gold medal in 2002.
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I played everything. I played lacrosse, baseball, hockey, soccer, track and field. I was a big believer that you played hockey in the winter and when the season was over you hung up your skates and you played something else.
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I don’t like my hockey sticks touching other sticks, and I don’t like them crossing one another, and I kind of have them hidden in the corner. I put baby powder on the ends. I think it’s essentially a matter of taking care of what takes care of you.
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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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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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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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My kids are no different than anyone else’s – they tend to disagree with everything I say!
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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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I think sports for kids is the greatest thing in the world because it teaches you how to share, about winning and losing and pressure. But I don’t think you should force your kid to become a professional athlete.
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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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At the end of the day everybody lost. We almost crippled our industry. It was very disappointing what happened.
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There’s no perfect coach in the world. Coaches are human, too. Mistakes are made. But, fundamentally, if you’re sound, you eliminate as many mistakes as possible.
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We played in an era where you were taught to hate your opponent. But life changes. I raise my kids differently than my mom and dad raised their 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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A lot of times, I can turn and pass without even looking.
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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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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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