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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

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.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Athlete Children Force Greatness Lose Pressure Professional Sports Teaching Thinking Win World Yourself
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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Fundamental Human Leadership Mistake Perfection Possible Sound World Yourself
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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At the end of the day everybody lost. We almost crippled our industry. It was very disappointing what happened.
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Day Disappoint End Lost Ourselves
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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Best Game Hard Player Process Sports Worst
The Power of WHO provides great lessons about how to succeed in business and in life. If you surround yourself with quality people and great friends, the sky’s the limit.
WAYNE GRETZKY

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Canadian players have started to put more of an importance on the World Championships in the sense that as soon as they lose, they are called, they want to go play and they don’t go only on the basis of if they are injured.
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Important Injury Lose Play Player Start World
Kids don’t fight in minor hockey anymore. There’s very few fights in junior and college hockey. So growing up, all these guys are not fighting.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Children Fight Growth Hockey Sports
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.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Focus Game Leadership Night Player Responsibility Struggle Yourself
The greatest thing about playing obviously is winning, and you can’t replace that experience with anything.
WAYNE GRETZKY

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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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Everything I did in hockey, I worked for.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Hockey Inspirational One Liner Sports Work
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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I love everything about hockey.
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Hockey Love Myself One Liner Sports
It’s easier to lose than to win.
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Easy Lose One Liner Win
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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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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