It’s just amazing how many companies suddenly want you to hold up their products after you’ve held up the Stanley Cup.
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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Skating alone is an art. Doing it on a substance? I don’t know. That’s got to be tough.
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I love everything about hockey.
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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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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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Eight days ago, we were the toast of the town. Eight days later we’re Thanksgiving turkeys.
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When you’re playing an exhibition, you’re kind of letting everyone get an opportunity.
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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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I think sports for kids is the greatest thing in the world because it teaches you how to share, about winning and losing and pressure. But I don’t think you should force your kid to become a professional athlete.
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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 skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
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Competitive spirit is still at a premium. The more you win, the better you play, the more money you make, so they all have that in mind.
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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’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 miss all the shots I don’t take.
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