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.
WAYNE GRETZKYYou’ll never catch me bragging about goals, but I’ll talk all you want about my assists.
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Maybe it wasn’t the talent the Lord gave me-maybe it was the passion.
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That’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.
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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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He brings something special. I don’t know what it is, but if you ask him, you couldn’t understand his answer.
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I 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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That’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.
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Lifting the Stanley Cup for the first time. There’s nothing like it. It’s the greatest story. In my era, they used to say you couldn’t be a superstar without winning one. I remember thinking when I lifted it: “Now they can’t say that about me.”
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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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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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In one sense we are a favorite because we won a gold medal in 2002.
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The Power of WHO provides great lessons about how to succeed in business and in life. If you surround yourself with quality people and great friends, the sky’s the limit.
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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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It’s easier to lose than to win.
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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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Nothing can replace the Olympics. I love the Olympics. I was so proud when I played in ’98 and I was so proud when we won in 2002.
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