Maybe it wasn’t the talent the Lord gave me-maybe it was the passion.
WAYNE GRETZKYWhen people come up to me and say, “I was at your Game 7 in the playoffs in Toronto,” or, “I saw your first goal in the NHL,” that triggers memories. But I don’t sit around my kitchen table and tell my kids, “You know, one year I got 92 goals.”
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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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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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Not doing it is certainly the best way to not getting it.
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It’s just amazing how many companies suddenly want you to hold up their products after you’ve held up the Stanley Cup.
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Everything I did in hockey, I worked for.
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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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My best friend had a hockey scholarship at Ohio State, so I would get a couple of pairs at the beginning of the season and send them down to him. They practised two hours a day. He’d skate in them for three weeks then ship them back.
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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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Sometimes people ask, ‘Are hockey fights real?’ I say, ‘If they weren’t, I’d get in more of them.
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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.
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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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Competitive spirit is still at a premium. The more you win, the better you play, the more money you make, so they all have that in mind.
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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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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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When you’re playing an exhibition, you’re kind of letting everyone get an opportunity.
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