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We feel fortunate [with Canada hockey team]. We have got a lot of guys who love to play, but they also love to win even more. We are pretty happy. Although we are young, we like our group of players.

Wayne Gretzky

Skating alone is an art. Doing it on a substance? I don’t know. That’s got to be tough.
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The biggest difference between L.A. and Edmonton was that instead of people looking at me I was looking at them.
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Eight days ago, we were the toast of the town. Eight days later we’re Thanksgiving turkeys.
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A lot of times, I can turn and pass without even looking.
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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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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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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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The greatest thing about playing obviously is winning, and you can’t replace that experience with anything.
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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 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.
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Not doing it is certainly the best way to not getting it.
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I have absolutely no complaints about my life. But people think I got handed everything, all this kind of fell in my lap, that I was just God-gifted with all this talent. I wanted people to realize it’s a lot tougher than just waking up one day and you’re in the NHL.
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One of the key qualities that you need to be a great hockey player is fantastic anticipation and feel for the game – if you know where the puck is going before it is hit, that is half the battle.
WAYNE GRETZKY

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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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It’s easier to lose than to win.
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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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We feel fortunate [with Canada hockey team]. We have got a lot of guys who love to play, but they also love to win even more. We are pretty happy. Although we are young, we like our group of players.

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We feel fortunate [with Canada hockey team]. We have got a lot of guys who love to play, but they also love to win even more. We are pretty happy. Although we are young, we like our group of players.

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