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You know, I’ve held women and babies and jewels and money, but nothing will ever feel as good as holding that Cup.

Wayne Gretzky

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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And people who know me would tell you that away from hockey I’m really not that competitive.
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I miss all the shots I don’t take.
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Growing up, I was always the small guy.
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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.
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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.”
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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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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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Hockey is my life. I love every minute of it.
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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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Most players go where the puck is. I go where the puck will be.
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People in general want to build somebody up and then try to knock them down. They always root for the underdog.
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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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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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We’re in a tough situation because of teenage children, and then we have a 2-year-old and a 5-year-old, so my family and my responsibilities is sort of a juggle.
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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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You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
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You know, I’ve held women and babies and jewels and money, but nothing will ever feel as good as holding that Cup.
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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.
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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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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.
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Not doing it is certainly the best way to not getting it.
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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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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.
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There’s no perfect coach in the world. Coaches are human, too. Mistakes are made. But, fundamentally, if you’re sound, you eliminate as many mistakes as possible.
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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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I don’t think any one person will ever be bigger than the game.
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You know, I’ve held women and babies and jewels and money, but nothing will ever feel as good as holding that Cup.

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