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Not doing it is certainly the best way to not getting it

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Wayne Gretzky
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: January 26
Ice Hockey Coach
Ice Hockey Player
Restaurateur
The Corporation of the City of Brantford
The Great One
Wayne Douglas Gretzky
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The game is played out of instinct, but everyone on the ice has habits - good and bad. So the key to the game is to exploit the bad habits of your opponent.
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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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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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And people who know me would tell you that away from hockey I'm really not that competitive.
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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.
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When people come up to me and say, I was at your Game 7 in the playoffs in Toronto, or, I saw your first goal in the NHL, that triggers memories. But I don't sit around my kitchen table and tell my kids, You know, one year I got 92 goals.
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I'm very proud of our NHL players. I think they all handle themselves extremely well and they all work really hard.
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In one sense we are a favorite because we won a gold medal in 2002.
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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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I have recall. I don't know why or how. I had a guy once who said he played against me in novice [league, for kids under nine], for the Detroit Lasers. And I said, Oh yeah, we beat you in the tournament, 8-1 and I think I scored seven goals, and the goalie was left-handed. And he was, Oh my God. I was the goalie! .
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You miss every shot you don't take.
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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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A lot of times, I can turn and pass without even looking.
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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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You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
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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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My kids are no different than anyone else's - they tend to disagree with everything I say!
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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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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 hundred percent of shots not taken don't go in.
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