We feel fortunate [with Canada hockey team]. We have got a lot of guys who love to play, but they also love to win even more. We are pretty happy. Although we are young, we like our group of players.
WAYNE GRETZKYI can remember hockey. It was my life, my passion. It’s what I love the most.
More Wayne Gretzky Quotes
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Growing up, I was always the small guy.
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A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.
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When I broke into professional hockey at 17 I was told that I was too small and too slow and I wouldn’t make the NHL. Now it’s kind of flip-flopped and the sense is I can’t be a good coach because I was a great athlete.
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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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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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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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Skating alone is an art. Doing it on a substance? I don’t know. That’s got to be tough.
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By no means could I play at the level of these kids who play in the NHL now but as 50-year-olds go, I feel really good and I feel blessed that I’m still healthy.
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I have absolutely no complaints about my life. But people think I got handed everything, all this kind of fell in my lap, that I was just God-gifted with all this talent. I wanted people to realize it’s a lot tougher than just waking up one day and you’re in the NHL.
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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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One hundred percent of shots not taken don’t go in.
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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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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.
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The Power of WHO provides great lessons about how to succeed in business and in life. If you surround yourself with quality people and great friends, the sky’s the limit.
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I miss all the shots I don’t take.
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