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I'm probably the only guy in hockey who can win a scoring title and everybody is saying I had a bad year. I don't worry about it.
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
The Great One
Wayne Douglas Gretzky
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It really doesn't matter or concern me what people are saying or who thinks who is the favorite. The bottom line is you have to play.
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Gordie Howe and Bobby Hull and Jean BĂ©liveau probably looked at us in the '80s and said, These guys are soft. We used to take the train.
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It's easier to lose than to win.
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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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I miss all the shots I don't take.
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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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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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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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I think the Americans are ready to play, they want to beat us. I think that players like Chris Chelios and his leadership over there goes a long way.
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Good players skate to the puck. Great players skate to where the puck is going to be.
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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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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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I knew at a young age, whether I was playing baseball or hockey or lacrosse, that my teammates were counting on me, whether it be to strike the last batter out in a baseball game or score a big goal in a hockey game.
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I miss 100% of the shots I 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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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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The biggest difference between L.A. and Edmonton was that instead of people looking at me I was looking at them.
Wayne Gretzky
I wasn't naturally gifted in terms of size and speed everything I did in hockey I worked for, and that's the way I'll be as a coach.
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When I broke into professional hockey at 17 I was told that I was too small and too slow and I wouldn't make the NHL. Now it's kind of flip-flopped and the sense is I can't be a good coach because I was a great athlete.
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A lot of times, I can turn and pass without even looking.
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