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.”
WAYNE GRETZKYSkating alone is an art. Doing it on a substance? I don’t know. That’s got to be tough.
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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In one sense we are a favorite because we won a gold medal in 2002.
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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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The day I stop giving is the day I stop receiving. The day I stop learning is the day I stop growing. You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
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It’s just amazing how many companies suddenly want you to hold up their products after you’ve held up the Stanley Cup.
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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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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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Everything I did in hockey, I worked for.
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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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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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We played in an era where you were taught to hate your opponent. But life changes. I raise my kids differently than my mom and dad raised their kids.
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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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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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I wasn’t naturally gifted in terms of size and speed; everything I did in hockey I worked for, and that’s the way I’ll be as a coach.
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One of the key qualities that you need to be a great hockey player is fantastic anticipation and feel for the game – if you know where the puck is going before it is hit, that is half the battle.
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