One hundred percent of shots not taken don’t go in.
WAYNE GRETZKYYou know, I’ve held women and babies and jewels and money, but nothing will ever feel as good as holding that Cup.
More Wayne Gretzky Quotes
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I don’t think any one person will ever be bigger than the game.
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You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
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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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Maybe it wasn’t the talent the Lord gave me-maybe it was the passion.
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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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Hockey is my life. I love every minute of it.
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In one sense we are a favorite because we won a gold medal in 2002.
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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 skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
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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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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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And people who know me would tell you that away from hockey I’m really not that competitive.
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Thankfully, in my youth I had the best financial advisor a son could ask for: my dad Walter. When I got that first signing bonus in 1978, Dad took my cheque, announced, ‘This is what we’re going to do,’ and bought an annuity with 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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Most players go where the puck is. I go where the puck will be.
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