79 result(s) for Wayne Gretzky Quotes.
"You'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take."
"You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them."
"Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases."
"It's easier to prevent bad habits than to break them."
"Just give me a stick and a rink, and I will be happy."
"I wasn’t naturally gifted in terms of size and speed; everything I did in hockey I worked for."
"All-time NHL goal scorer: Wayne Gretzky. Not even close."
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"The only way a kid is going to practice is if it's total fun for him and it was for me."
"I never feared about my skills because I put in the work. Work ethic eliminates fear."
"I think I miss the competitive part, playing. It’s a tough thing once you’ve played in the NHL and you’ve won a Stanley Cup, you know what that’s like; you’re always hoping you can get one more chance."
"Find something you love to do, and you'll never have to work a day in your life."
"The day I stop giving is the day I stop receiving. The day I start to hoard, I lose everything."
"My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until the last ball. My list of matches shows that I have turned a great many so-called irretrievable defeats into victories."
"It's not about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward."
"The day I stop giving is the day I stop receiving. The day I stop learning is the day I stop growing."
"To be a good player, skate to where the puck is going to be, not to where it has been."
"You can't hit a home run unless you step up to the plate. You can't catch a fish unless you put your line in the water."
"I am not a scoring champion. I am a team player, a playmaker. I try to score, I try to set up things."
"When pressed, I always stick my tongue out. It's a subconscious urge. I don't know why."
"I didn't play with the same guys every night. I practiced and played with different guys every night. I believe that repetition is very important."
"You'll never catch me bragging about goals, but you'll never catch me regretting them either."
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"You'll never catch me bragging about goals, but I'll talk all you want about my assists."
"I think that from the time you start playing sports as a child you see that your responsibility to your team is to play the best that you can play as an individual... and yet, not take anything away from being part of a team."
"You've got to love what you're doing. If you love it, you can overcome any handicap or the soreness or all the aches and pains, and continue to play for a long, long time."
"I wasn't going to be a 60-goal scorer again. As you get older, you change, and what you did as a youngster, you can't do anymore."
"Gretzky was the best player I ever saw. He was better than all the rest."
"Wayne Gretzky always took the right route. He was never a guy who made you come to him. He’d always go to you."
"I think Wayne is who he is, not just for his talents, but his relationships with people."
"Every parent, every athlete, every trainer in Canada grew up with the (Wayne Gretzky) SportsCentre video tapes."
"I watched Wayne Gretzky as I grew up and you see what he did, and he truly was ‘The Great One.'"
"To actually follow through on a good message you get from someone is so much more important than just giving the person who gave you the message a big pat on the back and saying, 'You're awesome.' It's about being able to put things to work."
"You don't lead by lip service, you lead by example."
"You've got to think about 'big things' while you're doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction."
"You can't be afraid to lose. There's only one reason why you lose, you don't do something good enough."
"You'll never catch me saying I wish I could go back to playing high school hockey."
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"Hockey is a unique sport in the sense that you need each and every guy helping each other and pulling in the same direction to be successful."
"The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it."
"I'm not a big risk-taker. I stay away from things I don't know anything about."
"Winners win and losers lose."
"I have to thank the Lord for the strength that he gives me. Because I know it's not all my strength, it's his."
"When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less."
"Only one thing is ever guaranteed, that is that you will definitely not achieve the goal if you don't take the shot."
"I wasn't naturally gifted in terms of size and strength. I just worked as hard as I could to get as good as I could."
"To play the game is good, to win is better, but to love the game is best of all."
"If you surround yourself with quality people and great friends, the sky's the limit."
"I wasn't naturally gifted in terms of size and speed; everything I did in hockey I worked for."
"You have to set small goals when you start, and a big goal for the end."
"My focus has always been on hockey, always trying to do my best."
"Hockey is a unique sport in the sense that you need each and every guy to be involved and be a part of it in order for success to be achieved."
"I think that from the time you start playing sports as a child, you see that your responsibility to your team is to play the best that you can play as an individual... and yet, not take anything away from being part of a team."
"I had the idea that I wanted to take all the skills I had as a hockey player and try to work as hard as I could to become the best athlete I could become."
"I only start a job, what I can finish."
"Good depth is a big part of successful hockey teams."
"You have to execute when you have the opportunity."
"Passion is a must when you are trying to excel in sports."
"Preparation is where success is constructed."
"I never think about personal records."
"The day I stop feeling the pressure is the day I stop playing."
"I am a firm believer in if you do the work, you get rewarded."
"As an athlete, you need to be focused on the sport and devoted to the team."
"You'll miss 100% of the shots you don't take."
"Skate to where the puck is going, not where it has been."
"Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy."
"I couldn't beat people with my strength; I don't have a hard shot; I'm not the quickest skater in the league. My eyes and my mind have to do most of the work."
"I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been."
"The only way a kid is going to practice is if it's total fun for him... and it was for me."
"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."
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take."
"To succeed in hockey, you need teamwork."
"It's not about how many goals you score, it's about how many opportunities you create for your teammates."
"The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day."
"Being nervous isn't a problem. It's normal. It's the big-time players who can play when they're nervous who are successful."
"In any team sport, the best teams have consistency and chemistry."
"You have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself."
"You miss 100% of the shots that you don't take."
"I've always said there's only one way to really understand a goalie, and that is to get in his crease."
"I never feel that I'm the best player on the ice. I feel that I'm the best player in the game."
"I was taught to never give up, to keep on playing even when feeling down, and to fight until the end."
"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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