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.
WAYNE GRETZKYMost people marry their mother. I married my father.
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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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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.
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Most players go where the puck is. I go where the puck will be.
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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.
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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 skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
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It 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.
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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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At the end of the day everybody lost. We almost crippled our industry. It was very disappointing what happened.
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I think the Americans are ready to play, they want to beat us. I think that players like Chris Chelios and his leadership over there goes a long way.
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You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
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The greatest thing about playing obviously is winning, and you can’t replace that experience with anything.
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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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I’m probably the only guy in hockey who can win a scoring title and everybody is saying I had a bad year. I don’t worry about it.
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