Wayne Gretzky
A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.Collection: Good
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.Collection: Strength
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.Collection: Sports
I knew at a young age, whether I was playing baseball or hockey or lacrosse, that my teammates were counting on me, whether it be to strike the last batter out in a baseball game or score a big goal in a hockey game.Collection: Age
Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.Collection: Success
The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.Collection: Work
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
Most people marry their mother. I married my father.
Ninety percent of hockey is mental and the other half is physical.
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.
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.
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!
My kids are no different than anyone else's - they tend to disagree with everything I say!
The only way a kid is going to practice is if it's total fun for him... and it was for me.
Listen, everything I have in my life is because of the NHL and because of hockey, and I love the game and I loved every minute of being a player, I loved coaching, I loved being involved in the NHL.
The biggest difference between L.A. and Edmonton was that instead of people looking at me I was looking at them.
I'm very proud of our NHL players. I think they all handle themselves extremely well and they all work really hard.
Growing up, I was always the small guy.
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.
It's an honour and a thrill and a privilege just to play in the NHL.
I don't like my hockey sticks touching other sticks, and I don't like them crossing one another, and I kind of have them hidden in the corner. I put baby powder on the ends. I think it's essentially a matter of taking care of what takes care of you.
I just like to keep my money in the bank; I'm not a big risk-taker. I don't know anything about the stock market... I stay away from things I don't know anything about.
I get a feeling about where a teammate is going to be. A lot of times, I can turn and pass without even looking.
And people who know me would tell you that away from hockey I'm really not that competitive.
By no means could I play at the level of these kids who play in the NHL now but as 50-year-olds go, I feel really good and I feel blessed that I'm still healthy.
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.Collection: Giving
Only one thing is ever guaranteed, that is that you will definitely not achieve the goal if you don't take the shot.Collection: Goal
You'll never catch me bragging about goals, but I'll talk all you want about my assists.Collection: Teamwork
No matter who you are, we're creatures of habit. The better your habits are, the better they will be in pressure situations.Collection: Matter
I missed 100% of the shots I didn't takeCollection: Shots
Maybe it wasn't the talent the Lord gave me-maybe it was the passion.Collection: Passion
One hundred percent of shots not taken don't go in.Collection: Sports
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.Collection: Sky
It's easier to lose than to win.Collection: Winning
Everything I did in hockey, I worked for.Collection: Hockey
Not doing it is certainly the best way to not getting itCollection: Encouragement
You know, I've held women and babies and jewels and money, but nothing will ever feel as good as holding that Cup.Collection: Baby
The only shot I ALWAYS miss, is the one I don't take!Collection: Missing
It really doesn't matter or concern me what people are saying or who thinks who is the favorite. The bottom line is you have to play.Collection: Thinking
I think sports for kids is the greatest thing in the world because it teaches you how to share, about winning and losing and pressure. But I don't think you should force your kid to become a professional athlete.Collection: Sports
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.Collection: Team
I think a lot of parents live their lives through the kids. Because they didn't make it [achieve something], they want their kids to make it. It puts a lot of undue pressure on the kids.Collection: Kids
I'm probably the only guy in hockey who can win a scoring title and everybody is saying I had a bad year. I don't worry about it.Collection: Hockey
The only way a kid is going to practise is if it's total fun for him... and it was for me.Collection: Fun
If we're going to change the game it has to start at eight, nine and 10 years old. When we were that age we'd go to the pond or backyard rink and throw a puck on the ice and play five on five, or seven on seven. You get this creativity and this imagination that comes from within, just having fun on the pond. Now kids are so focused on team play, and the coaches are so focused on positioning. You can't change it at the NHL level.Collection: Fun
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.Collection: Soccer
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.Collection: Thinking
Sometimes people ask, 'Are hockey fights real?' I say, 'If they weren't, I'd get in more of them.Collection: Inspirational
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.Collection: Struggle