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.

Wayne Gretzky

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I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been. by Wayne Gretzky

I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.

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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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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.

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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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Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.

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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.

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You'll never catch me bragging about goals, but I'll talk all you... by Wayne Gretzky

You'll never catch me bragging about goals, but I'll talk all you want about my assists.

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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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One hundred percent of shots not taken don't go in. by Wayne Gretzky

One hundred percent of shots not taken don't go in.

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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 missed 100% of the shots I didn't take by Wayne Gretzky

I missed 100% of the shots I didn't take

Maybe it wasn't the talent the Lord gave me-maybe it was the pass... by Wayne Gretzky

Maybe it wasn't the talent the Lord gave me-maybe it was the passion.

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The Power of WHO provides great lessons about how to succeed in business and in life. If you surround yourself with quality people and great friends, the sky's the limit.

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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.

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It's easier to lose than to win. by Wayne Gretzky

It's easier to lose than to win.

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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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It's kind of ironic when I broke in at 17, I was told I was too small, too slow and I wouldn't make the NHL

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It doesn't matter what I think. It doesn't matter what other people think. You have to get on the ice and participate and play and the best team wins.

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Sometimes people ask, 'Are hockey fights real?' I say, 'If they w... by Wayne Gretzky

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 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.

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