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Skating alone is an art. Doing it on a substance? I don't know. That's got to be tough.

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
Skating
Substance
Tough
Alone
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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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It's really hard. And it's harder today because of the salary cap. It starts in September at training camp - getting every guy on the same page, being as mentally and physically as focused as you can be. Then in April and May, you basically spend eight weeks practising, watching video and playing games. That's your life.
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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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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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A lot of times, I can turn and pass without even looking.
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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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At the end of the day everybody lost. We almost crippled our industry. It was very disappointing what happened.
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Lifting the Stanley Cup for the first time. There's nothing like it. It's the greatest story. In my era, they used to say you couldn't be a superstar without winning one. I remember thinking when I lifted it: Now they can't say that about me.
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I don't think any one person will ever be bigger than the game.
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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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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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Only one thing is ever guaranteed, that is that you will definitely not achieve the goal if you don't take the shot.
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One hundred percent of shots not taken don't go in.
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In one sense we are a favorite because we won a gold medal in 2002.
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It's an honour and a thrill and a privilege just to play in the NHL.
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A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.
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When I played in a 21-team league, there were six or seven goalies who were just average, and the equipment and pads were smaller. I came in the right era. I played for the right team. It was all speed, and creativity and imagination.
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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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And people who know me would tell you that away from hockey I'm really not that competitive.
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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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