Most people marry their mother. I married my father.
WAYNE GRETZKYCanadian 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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I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
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The greatest thing about playing obviously is winning, and you can’t replace that experience with anything.
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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.
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One hundred percent of shots not taken don’t go in.
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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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I can remember hockey. It was my life, my passion. It’s what I love the most.
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I don’t think any one person will ever be bigger than the game.
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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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And people who know me would tell you that away from hockey I’m really not that competitive.
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It’s kind of ironic when I broke in at 17, I was told I was too small, too slow and I wouldn’t make the NHL.
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Kids don’t fight in minor hockey anymore. There’s very few fights in junior and college hockey. So growing up, all these guys are not fighting.
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I love everything about hockey.
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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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Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
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In one sense we are a favorite because we won a gold medal in 2002.
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