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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

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

Attitude Goal Help Myself Sports Talk Team Yourself
I heard people say, ‘Why would he want to do this?’ My answer is ‘Why not?’ It is what I love. It’s what I know.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Job Love Myself People Sports
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
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.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Love Myself Play Proud Sports Win
Sometimes people ask, ‘Are hockey fights real?’ I say, ‘If they weren’t, I’d get in more of them.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Fight Funny Hockey Myself People Reality Sports
People in general want to build somebody up and then try to knock them down. They always root for the underdog.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Build Cheerful People Support Try
Your friends, family, and kids have to understand that’s your priority. It’s the only way you can be successful.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Family Friendship Priority Success Understand Yourself
Competitive spirit is still at a premium. The more you win, the better you play, the more money you make, so they all have that in mind.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Better Competition Mindset Money Play Spirit Win Yourself
I can’t remember the last time I went to a game and there was a fight. I think they fight more in baseball now than they do in hockey.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Fight Game Myself Remember Sports Time
In one sense we are a favorite because we won a gold medal in 2002.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Gold Myself Reward Win
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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Most people marry their mother. I married my father.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Father Marriage Mom Myself
The only way a kid is going to practice is if it’s total fun for him and it was for me.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Children Fun Game Myself Practice Sports
I grew up such a fan. It was my life. Everything I did was hockey related and everything I have is because of hockey and the NHL.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Fans Growth Hockey Life Myself
A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.
WAYNE GRETZKY

Goodness Greatness Hockey Inspirational Play Player Sports
The Power of WHO provides great lessons about how to succeed in business and in life. If you surround yourself with quality people and great friends, the sky’s the limit.
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.

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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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