Only one thing is ever guaranteed, that is that you will definitely not achieve the goal if you don’t take the shot.
WAYNE GRETZKYYou miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
More Wayne Gretzky Quotes
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Canadian players have started to put more of an importance on the World Championships in the sense that as soon as they lose, they are called, they want to go play and they don’t go only on the basis of if they are injured.
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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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Everything I did in hockey, I worked for.
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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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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.”
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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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I love everything about hockey.
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I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
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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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Most people marry their mother. I married my father.
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There’s no perfect coach in the world. Coaches are human, too. Mistakes are made. But, fundamentally, if you’re sound, you eliminate as many mistakes as possible.
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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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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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Skating alone is an art. Doing it on a substance? I don’t know. That’s got to be tough.
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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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