I don’t think any one person will ever be bigger than the game.
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.
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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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Growing up, I was always the small guy.
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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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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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In one sense we are a favorite because we won a gold medal in 2002.
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When 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.
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I wasn’t naturally gifted in terms of size and speed; everything I did in hockey I worked for, and that’s the way I’ll be as a coach.
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Maybe it wasn’t the talent the Lord gave me-maybe it was the passion.
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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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We’re in a tough situation because of teenage children, and then we have a 2-year-old and a 5-year-old, so my family and my responsibilities is sort of a juggle.
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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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The only way a kid is going to practice is if it’s total fun for him and it was for me.
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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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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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Not doing it is certainly the best way to not getting it.
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