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.
WAYNE GRETZKYThat’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.
More Wayne Gretzky Quotes
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Maybe it wasn’t the talent the Lord gave me-maybe it was the passion.
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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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Hockey is a unique sport in the sense that you need each and every guy helping each other and pulling in the same direction to be successful.
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I miss all the shots I don’t take.
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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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If I had to pick three players to start a franchise, I’d choose Hasek, Peter Forsberg and Eric Lindros.
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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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The greatest thing about playing obviously is winning, and you can’t replace that experience with anything.
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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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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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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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Your friends, family, and kids have to understand that’s your priority. It’s the only way you can be successful.
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It’s easier to lose than to win.
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Not doing it is certainly the best way to not getting it.
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I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
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