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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.

Wayne Gretzky

Eight days ago, we were the toast of the town. Eight days later we’re Thanksgiving turkeys.
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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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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 have absolutely no complaints about my life. But people think I got handed everything, all this kind of fell in my lap, that I was just God-gifted with all this talent. I wanted people to realize it’s a lot tougher than just waking up one day and you’re in the NHL.
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He brings something special. I don’t know what it is, but if you ask him, you couldn’t understand his answer.
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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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I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
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When I was 5 and playing against 11-year-olds, who were bigger, stronger, faster, I just had to figure out a way to play with them.
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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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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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Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
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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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The greatest thing about playing obviously is winning, and you can’t replace that experience with anything.
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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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Not doing it is certainly the best way to not getting it.
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A lot of times, I can turn and pass without even looking.
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