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When you're playing an exhibition, you're kind of letting everyone get an opportunity.
Wayne Gretzky
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Wayne Gretzky
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: January 26
Ice Hockey Coach
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Restaurateur
The Corporation of the City of Brantford
The Great One
Wayne Douglas Gretzky
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Listen, first of all, my wife is my best friend. My love for her is deeper than anything. The reality is, I'm not involved, I wasn't involved and I'm not going to be involved. Am I concerned for both of them Sure there's concern from me. I'm more worried about them than me. I'm like you guys, I'm trying to figure it all out.
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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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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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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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I played everything. I played lacrosse, baseball, hockey, soccer, track and field. I was a big believer that you played hockey in the winter and when the season was over you hung up your skates and you played something else.
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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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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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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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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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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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Sometimes people ask, 'Are hockey fights real?' I say, 'If they weren't, I'd get in more of them.
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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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The best players in the game want the responsibility of being the best player. The reality is the game has changed from now back to '87. It's a lot tighter checking. The players are better today. So, that makes it harder for him just in that fact. We can't rely solely on Mario [Lemieux] to carry this team. We're not relying on that.
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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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The only shot I ALWAYS miss, is the one I don't take!
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