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.
WAYNE GRETZKYI 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.
More Wayne Gretzky Quotes
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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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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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Maybe it wasn’t the talent the Lord gave me-maybe it was the passion.
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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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Only one thing is ever guaranteed, that is that you will definitely not achieve the goal if you don’t take the shot.
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Not doing it is certainly the best way to not getting it.
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I miss all the shots I don’t take.
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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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I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
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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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Most people marry their mother. I married my father.
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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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No matter who you are, we’re creatures of habit. The better your habits are, the better they will be in pressure situations.
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My kids are no different than anyone else’s – they tend to disagree with everything I say!
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