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.
WAYNE GRETZKYI miss all the shots I don’t take.
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When you’re playing an exhibition, you’re kind of letting everyone get an opportunity.
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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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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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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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You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
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In one sense we are a favorite because we won a gold medal in 2002.
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I love everything about hockey.
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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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Eight days ago, we were the toast of the town. Eight days later we’re Thanksgiving turkeys.
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I played everything. I played lacrosse, baseball, hockey, soccer, track and field. I was a big believer that you played hockey in the winter and when the season was over you hung up your skates and you played something else.
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It’s easier to lose than to win.
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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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Not doing it is certainly the best way to not getting it.
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I love everything about hockey.
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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.
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