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.
WAYNE GRETZKYWhen I played in a 21-team league, there were six or seven goalies who were just average, and the equipment and pads were smaller. I came in the right era. I played for the right team. It was all speed, and creativity and imagination.
More Wayne Gretzky Quotes
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I think that from the time you start playing sports as a child you see that your responsibility to your team is to play the best that you can play as an individual. And yet, not take anything away from being part of a team.
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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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Everything I did in hockey, I worked for.
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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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I grew up such a fan. It was my life. Everything I did was hockey related and everything I have is because of hockey and the NHL.
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You know, I’ve held women and babies and jewels and money, but nothing will ever feel as good as holding that Cup.
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I love everything about hockey.
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I love everything about hockey.
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No matter who you are, we’re creatures of habit. The better your habits are, the better they will be in pressure situations.
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Growing up, I was always the small guy.
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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 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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Not doing it is certainly the best way to not getting it.
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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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It’s an honour and a thrill and a privilege just to play in the NHL.
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