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.
WAYNE GRETZKYCompetitive 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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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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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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The only way a kid is going to practice is if it’s total fun for him and it was for me.
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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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I love everything about hockey.
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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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And people who know me would tell you that away from hockey I’m really not that competitive.
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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.
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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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Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
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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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Nothing can replace the Olympics. I love the Olympics. I was so proud when I played in ’98 and I was so proud when we won in 2002.
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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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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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