A lot of times, I can turn and pass without even looking.
WAYNE GRETZKYAs 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.
More Wayne Gretzky Quotes
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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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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 skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
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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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Maybe it wasn’t the talent the Lord gave me-maybe it was the passion.
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Not doing it is certainly the best way to not getting it.
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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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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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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 grew up such a fan. It was my life. Everything I did was hockey related and everything I have is because of hockey and the NHL.
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Everything I did in hockey, I worked for.
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It’s kind of ironic when I broke in at 17, I was told I was too small, too slow and I wouldn’t make the NHL.
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I can remember hockey. It was my life, my passion. It’s what I love the most.
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Thankfully, in my youth I had the best financial advisor a son could ask for: my dad Walter. When I got that first signing bonus in 1978, Dad took my cheque, announced, ‘This is what we’re going to do,’ and bought an annuity with it.
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You’ll never catch me bragging about goals, but I’ll talk all you want about my assists.
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