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When I broke into professional hockey at 17 I was told that I was too small and too slow and I wouldn’t make the NHL. Now it’s kind of flip-flopped and the sense is I can’t be a good coach because I was a great athlete.

Wayne Gretzky

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.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Fortunate Happiness Love Play Player Team Win Young
Only one thing is ever guaranteed, that is that you will definitely not achieve the goal if you don’t take the shot.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Achievement Goal Missing Sports Yourself
It’s an honour and a thrill and a privilege just to play in the NHL.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Honor Play Privilege Sports
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.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Day Growth Learning Missing Sports Stop Yourself
When 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.”
WAYNE GRETZKY

Children Goal Memories Myself People Place Sports
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.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Fight Game Myself Remember Sports Time
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.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Myself People Play Thinking Yourself
Eight days ago, we were the toast of the town. Eight days later we’re Thanksgiving turkeys.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Change Fame Funny Popular Thankful Time
I love everything about hockey.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Hockey Love Myself One Liner Sports
It’s easier to lose than to win.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Easy Lose One Liner Win
When I was 5 and playing against 11-year-olds, who were bigger, stronger, faster, I just had to figure out a way to play with them.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Big Fast Myself Play Strong Way
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.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Battle Feeling Game Greatness Hockey Key Need Player Quality Yourself
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.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Leadership Myself Play Thinking Way
Sometimes people ask, ‘Are hockey fights real?’ I say, ‘If they weren’t, I’d get in more of them.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Fight Funny Hockey Myself People Reality Sports
I think that from the time you start playing sports as a child you see that your responsibility to your team is to play the best that you can play as an individual. And yet, not take anything away from being part of a team.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Children Generosity Myself Play Responsibility See Sports Start Team Thinking Time
I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Inspirational Motivational Myself Passion Skate

When I broke into professional hockey at 17 I was told that I was too small and too slow and I wouldn’t make the NHL. Now it’s kind of flip-flopped and the sense is I can’t be a good coach because I was a great athlete.

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When I broke into professional hockey at 17 I was told that I was too small and too slow and I wouldn’t make the NHL. Now it’s kind of flip-flopped and the sense is I can’t be a good coach because I was a great athlete.

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