Wayne Gretzky Quotes - Page 4

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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.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Winning, Play, Mind

  "Wayne Gretzky on the love of his life". Interview with Jonathon Gatehouse, www.macleans.ca. October 6, 2016.

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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.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Reality, Wife, Guy

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• Eight days ago, we were the toast of the town. Eight days later we're Thanksgiving turkeys.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Hockey, Eight, Nhl

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• My best friend had a hockey scholarship at Ohio State, so I would get a couple of pairs at the beginning of the season and send them down to him. They practised two hours a day. He'd skate in them for three weeks then ship them back.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Couple, Hockey, Ohio State

  "Wayne Gretzky on the love of his life". Interview with Jonathon Gatehouse, www.macleans.ca. October 6, 2016.

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• And people who know me would tell you that away from hockey I'm really not that competitive.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Hockey, People, Know Me

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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.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Player, Thinking, Nhl

  Interview With James Bassil, www.askmen.com.

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• Kids don't fight in minor hockey anymore. There's very few fights in junior and college hockey. So growing up, all these guys are not fighting.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Growing Up, Kids, Fighting

  "Wayne Gretzky on the love of his life". Interview with Jonathon Gatehouse, www.macleans.ca. October 6, 2016.

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• Look at guys like Larry Bird and George Brett and John McEnroe; that's what they did in their careers. They all wanted to be the guy under the microscope late in the game or late in the match. So you just take on that know-how that that's part of your responsibility, and you learn that's what makes it exciting. That's what makes it fun!

  Wayne Gretzky

  Fun, Responsibility, Games

  Interview With James Bassil, www.askmen.com.

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• Hullie's a lot like a garbage can. You step on the pedal with your foot and the top opens up.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Hockey, Nhl, Garbage Cans

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• When people come up to me and say, "I was at your Game 7 in the playoffs in Toronto," or, "I saw your first goal in the NHL," that triggers memories. But I don't sit around my kitchen table and tell my kids, "You know, one year I got 92 goals."

  Wayne Gretzky

  Memories, Kids, Years

  "Wayne Gretzky on the love of his life". Interview with Jonathon Gatehouse, www.macleans.ca. October 6, 2016.

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• I love everything about hockey.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Hockey

  "Wayne Gretzky on the love of his life". Interview with Jonathon Gatehouse, www.macleans.ca. October 6, 2016.

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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.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Baseball, Fighting, Hockey

  "Wayne Gretzky on the love of his life". Interview with Jonathon Gatehouse, www.macleans.ca. October 6, 2016.

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• At the end of the day everybody lost. We almost crippled our industry. It was very disappointing what happened.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Nhl, The End Of The Day, Disappointing

  "Game on -- NHL, players make a deal / Parties expected to ratify next week" by Ross McKeon, www.sfgate.com. July 14, 2005.

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• We're in a tough situation because of teenage children, and then we have a 2-year-old and a 5-year-old, so my family and my responsibilities is sort of a juggle.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Children, Teenage, Responsibility

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• I miss all the shots I don't take.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Motivational, Sports, Missing

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• Growing up, I was always the small guy.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Growing Up, Guy, Growing

  "Wayne Gretzky-style 'Field Sense' may be teachable" by Jennifer Kahn, www.wired.com. April 22, 2007.

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• Most people marry their mother. I married my father.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Mother, Father, People

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You miss the ball you do not hit 100%

  Wayne Gretzky

  Missing, Balls

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

  Wayne Gretzky

  Gold, Medal, Gold Medals

  Source: www.hockeycanada.ca

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• Nothing can replace the Olympics. I love the Olympics. I was so proud when I played in '98 and I was so proud when we won in 2002.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Proud, Olympics

  "Wayne Gretzky on the love of his life". Interview with Jonathon Gatehouse, www.macleans.ca. October 6, 2016.

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• Skating alone is an art. Doing it on a substance? I don't know. That's got to be tough.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Art, Skating, Substance

  "Q&A WITH Wayne Gretzky : He's on the Ice, Feeling Fit Again : Hockey: His back is sound and the Kings are getting better. And people who say he's the Average One motivate him to continued greatness". Interview with Steve Springer, articles.latimes.com. September 13, 1990.

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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.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Hurt, Shoes, Feet

  "Wayne Gretzky on the love of his life". Interview with Jonathon Gatehouse, www.macleans.ca. October 6, 2016.

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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.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Player, World, Want

  Source: www.hockeycanada.ca

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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.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Team, Responsibility, Player

  Source: www.hockeycanada.ca

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• We feel fortunate [with Canada hockey team]. We have got a lot of guys who love to play, but they also love to win even more. We are pretty happy. Although we are young, we like our group of players.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Team, Hockey, Winning

  Source: www.hockeycanada.ca

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