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I 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.

Wayne Gretzky

The game is played out of instinct, but everyone on the ice has habits – good and bad. So the key to the game is to exploit the bad habits of your opponent.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Bad Game Goodness Habit Key Play Rival Yourself
It really doesn’t matter or concern me what people are saying or who thinks who is the favorite. The bottom line is you have to play.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Myself People Play Thinking Yourself
The day I stop giving is the day I stop receiving. The day I stop learning is the day I stop growing. You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Day Growth Learning Missing Sports Stop Yourself
I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
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Inspirational Motivational Myself Passion Skate
At the end of the day everybody lost. We almost crippled our industry. It was very disappointing what happened.
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Day Disappoint End Lost Ourselves
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 GRETZKY

Fortunate Happiness Love Play Player Team Win Young
My kids are no different than anyone else’s – they tend to disagree with everything I say!
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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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Different Himself Talk Team Understand Yourself
Everything I did in hockey, I worked for.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Hockey Inspirational One Liner Sports Work
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.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Fans Growth Hockey Life Myself
I miss all the shots I don’t take.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Missing Myself One Liner Sports
Lifting 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 GRETZKY

Greatness Myself Remember Story Talk Thinking Time Win
Eight days ago, we were the toast of the town. Eight days later we’re Thanksgiving turkeys.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Change Fame Funny Popular Thankful Time
Maybe it wasn’t the talent the Lord gave me-maybe it was the passion.
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Inspirational Motivational Passion Talent
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.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Leadership Myself Play Thinking Way
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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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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I really wanted to write a book [99: Stories of the Game] on the tradition and history of the league, where kids can pick it up and read it and learn things and say, “Geez, I didn’t know that. That’s pretty cool.”
WAYNE GRETZKY

Book Children Learning Myself Reading Story Tradition Writing
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.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Best Goal Help Important Need Player Sports Time Yourself
Most players go where the puck is. I go where the puck will be.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Difference Myself Player Sports Trick
I can’t remember the last time I went to a game and there was a fight. I think they fight more in baseball now than they do in hockey.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Fight Game Myself Remember Sports Time
I love everything about hockey.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Hockey Love Myself One Liner Sports
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.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Believe Big Play Season Skate Sports Yourself
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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Hockey is my life. I love every minute of it.
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Hockey Inspirational Life Love Myself Sports
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.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Focus Game Leadership Night Player Responsibility Struggle Yourself
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.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Battle Feeling Game Greatness Hockey Key Need Player Quality Yourself

I 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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I 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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