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Hullie's a lot like a garbage can. You step on the pedal with your foot and the top opens up.

Wayne Gretzky

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Wayne Gretzky
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: January 26
Ice Hockey Coach
Ice Hockey Player
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The Corporation of the City of Brantford
The Great One
Wayne Douglas Gretzky
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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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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.
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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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I miss all the shots I don't take.
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Most players go where the puck is. I go where the puck will be.
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Your friends, family, and kids have to understand that's your priority. It's the only way you can be successful.
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The last year I was playing, I asked the stick boy to get me a Diet Coke and he said, Really? But I always had one on the bench because that's what I did in 1979 when there wasn't Gatorade. If you needed energy you went and got a Snickers or a Kit Kat. Nobody knew any better.
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When emotions are high, things are said, things are done. Ultimately, these players want to play. I know too many of them love the game too much.
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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 don't think any one person will ever be bigger than the game.
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At the end of the day everybody lost. We almost crippled our industry. It was very disappointing what happened.
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I think that from the time you start playing sports as a child you see that your responsibility to your team is to play the best that you can play as an individual... and yet, not take anything away from being part of a team.
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There's no perfect coach in the world. Coaches are human, too. Mistakes are made. But, fundamentally, if you're sound, you eliminate as many mistakes as possible.
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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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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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You know, I've held women and babies and jewels and money, but nothing will ever feel as good as holding that Cup.
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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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Listen, first of all, my wife is my best friend. My love for her is deeper than anything. The reality is, I'm not involved, I wasn't involved and I'm not going to be involved. Am I concerned for both of them Sure there's concern from me. I'm more worried about them than me. I'm like you guys, I'm trying to figure it all out.
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The biggest difference between L.A. and Edmonton was that instead of people looking at me I was looking at them.
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Good players skate to the puck. Great players skate to where the puck is going to be.
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