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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

You know, I’ve held women and babies and jewels and money, but nothing will ever feel as good as holding that Cup.
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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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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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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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Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
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When I broke into professional hockey at 17 I was told that I was too small and too slow and I wouldn’t make the NHL. Now it’s kind of flip-flopped and the sense is I can’t be a good coach because I was a great athlete.
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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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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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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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I really wanted to write a book [99: Stories of the Game] on the tradition and history of the league, where kids can pick it up and read it and learn things and say, “Geez, I didn’t know that. That’s pretty cool.”
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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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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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At the end of the day everybody lost. We almost crippled our industry. It was very disappointing what happened.
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I love everything about hockey.
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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.
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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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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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