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The day I stop giving is the day I stop receiving. The day I stop learning is the day I stop growing. You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

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
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What you want to do with your best players is, it doesn't matter how many goals and assists they get, but when they get goals and assists. The best players get them at the most important times, and that's when we need those guys to come through.
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Maybe it wasn't the talent the Lord gave me-maybe it was the passion.
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I don't think any one person will ever be bigger than the game.
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When emotions are high, things are said, things are done. Ultimately, these players want to play. I know too many of them love the game too much.
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Skating alone is an art. Doing it on a substance? I don't know. That's got to be tough.
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That's the hardest part of this whole process. The best part is picking the players and the worst part is telling basically five players they are not going to play tonight.
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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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Growing up, I was always the small guy.
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Everything I did in hockey, I worked for.
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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.
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I miss all the shots I don't take.
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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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Not doing it is certainly the best way to not getting it
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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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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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I'm very proud of our NHL players. I think they all handle themselves extremely well and they all work really hard.
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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 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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You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
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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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