I played everything. I played lacrosse, baseball, hockey, soccer, track and field. I was a big believer that you played hockey in the winter and when the season was over you hung up your skates and you played something else.
WAYNE GRETZKYSkating alone is an art. Doing it on a substance? I don’t know. That’s got to be tough.
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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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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 don’t think any one person will ever be bigger than the game.
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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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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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You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
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Hockey is a unique sport in the sense that you need each and every guy helping each other and pulling in the same direction to be successful.
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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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Hockey is my life. I love every minute of it.
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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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Nothing can replace the Olympics. I love the Olympics. I was so proud when I played in ’98 and I was so proud when we won in 2002.
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I don’t like my hockey sticks touching other sticks, and I don’t like them crossing one another, and I kind of have them hidden in the corner. I put baby powder on the ends. I think it’s essentially a matter of taking care of what takes care of you.
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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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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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When you’re playing an exhibition, you’re kind of letting everyone get an opportunity.
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