The greatest thing about playing obviously is winning, and you can’t replace that experience with anything.
WAYNE GRETZKYI think sports for kids is the greatest thing in the world because it teaches you how to share, about winning and losing and pressure. But I don’t think you should force your kid to become a professional athlete.
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One hundred percent of shots not taken don’t go in.
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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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I can remember hockey. It was my life, my passion. It’s what I love the most.
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In one sense we are a favorite because we won a gold medal in 2002.
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Hockey 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.
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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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Everything I did in hockey, I worked for.
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You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
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A lot of times, I can turn and pass without even looking.
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As a player, you have one responsibility, to focus yourself and be ready for the game. As a coach, your responsibility is to get 20 guys ready and have them all on the same page. If you can’t get every guy ready every night, you’re going to struggle.
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If I had to pick three players to start a franchise, I’d choose Hasek, Peter Forsberg and Eric Lindros.
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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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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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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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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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