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.
WAYNE GRETZKYNothing 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.
WAYNE GRETZKYI 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.
WAYNE GRETZKYA good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.
WAYNE GRETZKYI miss all the shots I don’t take.
WAYNE GRETZKYYou miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
WAYNE GRETZKYLifting 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.”
WAYNE GRETZKYIt doesn’t matter what I think. It doesn’t matter what other people think. You have to get on the ice and participate and play and the best team wins.
WAYNE GRETZKYMost people marry their mother. I married my father.
WAYNE GRETZKYI don’t think any one person will ever be bigger than the game.
WAYNE GRETZKYThe greatest thing about playing obviously is winning, and you can’t replace that experience with anything.
WAYNE GRETZKYAnd people who know me would tell you that away from hockey I’m really not that competitive.
WAYNE GRETZKYNot doing it is certainly the best way to not getting it.
WAYNE GRETZKYThat’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.
WAYNE GRETZKYMy kids are no different than anyone else’s – they tend to disagree with everything I say!
WAYNE GRETZKYHockey is a unique sport in the sense that you need each and every guy helping each other and pulling in the same direction to be successful.
WAYNE GRETZKYOne hundred percent of shots not taken don’t go in.
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