Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
WAYNE GRETZKYI can’t remember the last time I went to a game and there was a fight. I think they fight more in baseball now than they do in hockey.
More Wayne Gretzky Quotes
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Canadian players have started to put more of an importance on the World Championships in the sense that as soon as they lose, they are called, they want to go play and they don’t go only on the basis of if they are injured.
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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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You’ll never catch me bragging about goals, but I’ll talk all you want about my assists.
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Not doing it is certainly the best way to not getting it.
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We played in an era where you were taught to hate your opponent. But life changes. I raise my kids differently than my mom and dad raised their kids.
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Competitive spirit is still at a premium. The more you win, the better you play, the more money you make, so they all have that in mind.
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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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People in general want to build somebody up and then try to knock them down. They always root for the underdog.
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When I was 5 and playing against 11-year-olds, who were bigger, stronger, faster, I just had to figure out a way to play with them.
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My best friend had a hockey scholarship at Ohio State, so I would get a couple of pairs at the beginning of the season and send them down to him. They practised two hours a day. He’d skate in them for three weeks then ship them back.
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I don’t think any one person will ever be bigger than the game.
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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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I really wanted to write a book [99: Stories of the Game] on the tradition and history of the league, where kids can pick it up and read it and learn things and say, “Geez, I didn’t know that. That’s pretty cool.”
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I heard people say, ‘Why would he want to do this?’ My answer is ‘Why not?’ It is what I love. It’s what I know.
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I miss all the shots I don’t take.
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