And people who know me would tell you that away from hockey I’m really not that competitive.
WAYNE GRETZKYHe 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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At the end of the day everybody lost. We almost crippled our industry. It was very disappointing what happened.
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In one sense we are a favorite because we won a gold medal in 2002.
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The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.
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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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I have absolutely no complaints about my life. But people think I got handed everything, all this kind of fell in my lap, that I was just God-gifted with all this talent. I wanted people to realize it’s a lot tougher than just waking up one day and you’re in the NHL.
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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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It’s an honour and a thrill and a privilege just to play in the NHL.
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I think a lot of parents live their lives through the kids. Because they didn’t make it [achieve something], they want their kids to make it. It puts a lot of undue pressure on the kids.
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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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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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I heard people say, ‘Why would he want to do this?’ My answer is ‘Why not?’ It is what I love. It’s what I know.
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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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Hockey is my life. I love every minute of it.
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A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.
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Most players go where the puck is. I go where the puck will be.
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