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.
WAYNE GRETZKYI’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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You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
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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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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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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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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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It doesn’t matter what I think. It doesn’t matter what other people think. You have to get on the ice and participate and play and the best team wins.
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I don’t think any one person will ever be bigger than the game.
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Your friends, family, and kids have to understand that’s your priority. It’s the only way you can be successful.
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Hockey is my life. I love every minute of it.
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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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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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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 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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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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Eight days ago, we were the toast of the town. Eight days later we’re Thanksgiving turkeys.
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