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I think sports for kids is the greatest thing in the world because it teaches you how to share, about winning and losing and pressure. But I don't think you should force your kid to become a professional athlete.
Wayne Gretzky
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Wayne Gretzky
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: January 26
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The Corporation of the City of Brantford
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Wayne Douglas Gretzky
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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 grew up such a fan. It was my life. Everything I did was hockey related and everything I have is because of hockey and the NHL.
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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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Maybe it wasn't the talent the Lord gave me-maybe it was the passion.
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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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Canadian players have started to put more of an importance on the World Championships in the sense that as soon as they lose, they are called, they want to go play and they don't go only on the basis of if they are injured.
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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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By no means could I play at the level of these kids who play in the NHL now but as 50-year-olds go, I feel really good and I feel blessed that I'm still healthy.
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Most people marry their mother. I married my father.
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