Hockey is my life. I love every minute of it.
WAYNE GRETZKYThe biggest difference between L.A. and Edmonton was that instead of people looking at me I was looking at them.
More Wayne Gretzky Quotes
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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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Eight days ago, we were the toast of the town. Eight days later we’re Thanksgiving turkeys.
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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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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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I don’t think any one person will ever be bigger than the game.
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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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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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Sometimes people ask, ‘Are hockey fights real?’ I say, ‘If they weren’t, I’d get in more of them.
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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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Everything I did in hockey, I worked for.
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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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The only way a kid is going to practice is if it’s total fun for him and it was for me.
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I grew up such a fan. It was my life. Everything I did was hockey related and everything I have is because of hockey and the NHL.
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