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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.

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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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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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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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I just like to keep my money in the bank I'm not a big risk-taker. I don't know anything about the stock market... I stay away from things I don't know anything about.
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Eight days ago, we were the toast of the town. Eight days later we're Thanksgiving turkeys.
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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.
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Sometimes people ask, 'Are hockey fights real?' I say, 'If they weren't, I'd get in more of them.
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I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
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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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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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I miss 100% of the shots I don't take.
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People in general want to build somebody up and then try to knock them down. They always root for the underdog.
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Listen, everything I have in my life is because of the NHL and because of hockey, and I love the game and I loved every minute of being a player, I loved coaching, I loved being involved in the NHL.
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I missed 100% of the shots I didn't take
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The greatest thing about playing obviously is winning, and you can't replace that experience with anything.
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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.
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I love everything about hockey.
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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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I couldn't beat people with my strength I don't have a hard shot I'm not the quickest skater in the league. My eyes and my mind have to do most of the work.
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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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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.
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