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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

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.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Focus Game Leadership Night Player Responsibility Struggle Yourself
You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Missing Sports Yourself
Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Advice Death Happiness Sick Success
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.
WAYNE GRETZKY

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I can remember hockey. It was my life, my passion. It’s what I love the most.
WAYNE GRETZKY

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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.
WAYNE GRETZKY

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That’s the hardest part of this whole process. The best part is picking the players and the worst part is telling basically five players they are not going to play tonight.
WAYNE GRETZKY

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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 GRETZKY

Believe Big Play Season Skate Sports Yourself
Your friends, family, and kids have to understand that’s your priority. It’s the only way you can be successful.
WAYNE GRETZKY

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You’ll never catch me bragging about goals, but I’ll talk all you want about my assists.
WAYNE GRETZKY

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I really wanted to write a book [99: Stories of the Game] on the tradition and history of the league, where kids can pick it up and read it and learn things and say, “Geez, I didn’t know that. That’s pretty cool.”
WAYNE GRETZKY

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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.
WAYNE GRETZKY

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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.
WAYNE GRETZKY

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It’s an honour and a thrill and a privilege just to play in the NHL.
WAYNE GRETZKY

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Most players go where the puck is. I go where the puck will be.
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I love everything about hockey.
WAYNE GRETZKY

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Not doing it is certainly the best way to not getting it.
WAYNE GRETZKY

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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 think any one person will ever be bigger than the game.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Big Game Myself Person Thinking Worth
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.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Big Fast Myself Play Strong Way
At the end of the day everybody lost. We almost crippled our industry. It was very disappointing what happened.
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Maybe it wasn’t the talent the Lord gave me-maybe it was the passion.
WAYNE GRETZKY

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You know, I’ve held women and babies and jewels and money, but nothing will ever feel as good as holding that Cup.
WAYNE GRETZKY

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Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Advice Death Happiness Sick Success
One hundred percent of shots not taken don’t go in.
WAYNE GRETZKY

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Skating alone is an art. Doing it on a substance? I don’t know. That’s got to be tough.
WAYNE GRETZKY

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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.
WAYNE GRETZKY

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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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