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.
WAYNE GRETZKYI 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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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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I love everything about hockey.
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Skating alone is an art. Doing it on a substance? I don’t know. That’s got to be tough.
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I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
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The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.
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I’m probably the only guy in hockey who can win a scoring title and everybody is saying I had a bad year. I don’t worry about it.
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It’s easier to lose than to win.
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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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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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The greatest thing about playing obviously is winning, and you can’t replace that experience with anything.
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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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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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My kids are no different than anyone else’s – they tend to disagree with everything I say!
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I love everything about hockey.
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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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