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In one sense we are a favorite because we won a gold medal in 2002.

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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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When I was 5 and playing against 11-year-olds, who were bigger, stronger, faster, I just had to figure out a way to play with them.
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Maybe it wasn't the talent the Lord gave me-maybe it was the passion.
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Most people marry their mother. I married my father.
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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 greatest thing about playing obviously is winning, and you can't replace that experience with anything.
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I really wanted to write a book [99: Stories of the Game] on the tradition and history of the league, where kids can pick it up and read it and learn things and say, Geez, I didn't know that. That's pretty cool.
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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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Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
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The only way a kid is going to practise is if it's total fun for him... and it was for me.
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Not doing it is certainly the best way to not getting it
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I wasn't a great skater and I needed my skates to be perfect - really tight around the ankles. But I couldn't break in new ones because my feet would hurt so much. I wore a size 9 shoe and a 6.5 skate - my foot was really crunched.
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You'll never catch me bragging about goals, but I'll talk all you want about my assists.
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Hockey is my life. I love every minute of it.
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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 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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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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