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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.

Wayne Gretzky

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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
Edmonton
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The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.
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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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You miss every shot you don't take.
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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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It's an honour and a thrill and a privilege just to play in the NHL.
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In one sense we are a favorite because we won a gold medal in 2002.
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Most people marry their mother. I married my father.
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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 don't think any one person will ever be bigger than the game.
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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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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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