Gretzky Quotes

I heard people say, 'Why would he want to do this?' My answer is 'Why not?' It is what I love. It's what I know. ~ Wayne Gretzky

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

GOD DOESN'T HATE FAGS OR
ANYBODY ELSE FOR THAT MATTER.
GOD SAVES! THEN, GOD PASSES IT
TO GRETZKY - WHO ROOFS THAT
SHIT, TOP-SHELF! THEN GOD AND
GRETZKY HIGH FIVE & BELLY-BUMP,
CELEBRATING THEIR HOCKEY
PROWESS. AND NEVER ONCE DO
THEY GIVE A SHIT IF ANYBODY'S
GAY OR NOT. ~ Kevin Smith

On how he met Wayne Gretzky: I was in L.A. preparing for Indian Wells, and a mutual friend asked if I'd like to have dinner with him. I think one of his daughters plays tennis so he knew about me. It was obviously something I was excited to do, and I left the dinner pretty amazed. ~ Milos Raonic

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. ~ Wayne Gretzky

Everything I did in hockey, I worked for. ~ Wayne Gretzky

The only way you can check Gretzky is to hit him when he is standing still singing the national anthem. ~ Harry Sinden

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. ~ Wayne Gretzky

I realize there will not be another Gretzky, and I will be the first one to say I will not break his records, .. But for him to say that I could, it means I am doing something right. It was probably the best compliment I could get. I'm going to remember it. ~ Sidney Crosby

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. ~ Wayne Gretzky

I miss all the shots I don't take. ~ Wayne Gretzky

Most people marry their mother. I married my father. ~ Wayne Gretzky

I get a lot of parents coming up to me, telling me they are grooming their kids to be professional athletes. I'm really against that. I think it's a great life, and yeah, you can lead them in that direction. I think a lot of parents live their lives through the kids. Because they didn't make it, they want their kids to make it. It puts a lot of undue pressure on the kids. ~ Wayne Gretzky

You miss one hundred percent of the shots you don't take. ~ Wayne Gretzky

The 2002 (Olympic) team was a great team, we won the gold medal, they deserved all the accolades that they got. But this team seems to have a little more depth and maybe a little more talent to pick from. So it makes the job of picking the right 23 guys even more difficult. ~ Wayne Gretzky

But in my mind, I don't think there's any question Sidney Crosby is the best all-around player in the game. His hockey sense is so strong and so solid, combined with his God-gifted talent of being able to see the ice, see the entire picture in front of him. And, most importantly, I don't care how good you are, if you don't have a work ethic, it doesn't matter. There's no question that each and every game, he's one of the hardest-working guys on the ice. In my mind, he's the best player in the game today. ~ Wayne Gretzky

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

Most players go where the puck is. I go where the puck will be. ~ Wayne Gretzky

It is always better to fail than do nothing. As Wayne Gretzky put it, "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take. ~ Moira Bennett

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

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. ~ Wayne Gretzky

The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it. ~ Wayne Gretzky

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. ~ Wayne Gretzky

There's an old Wayne Gretzky quote that I love. 'I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.' And we've always tried to do that at Apple. Since the very, very beginning. And we always will. ~ Steve Jobs

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. ~ Wayne Gretzky

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. ~ Wayne Gretzky

The greatest thing about playing obviously is winning, and you can't replace that experience with anything. ~ Wayne Gretzky

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

When emotions are high, things are said, things are done. Ultimately, these players want to play. I know too many of them love the game too much. ~ Wayne Gretzky

You miss every shot you don't take. ~ Wayne Gretzky

Only one thing is ever guaranteed, that is that you will definitely not achieve the goal if you don't take the shot. ~ Wayne Gretzky

When you think of Canada, you think of hockey and you think of Wayne Gretzky. ~ Joe Sakic

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. ~ Wayne Gretzky

People in general want to build somebody up and then try to knock them down. They always root for the underdog. ~ Wayne Gretzky

Sometimes people ask, 'Are hockey fights real?' I say, 'If they weren't, I'd get in more of them. ~ Wayne Gretzky

One of the key qualities that you need to be a great hockey player is fantastic anticipation and feel for the game - if you know where the puck is going before it is hit, that is half the battle. ~ Wayne Gretzky

Well, unless you're Wayne Gretzky or Michael Jordan, you need the full support of your team. ~ Greg Louganis

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 ~ Wayne Gretzky

Ninety percent of hockey is mental and the other half is physical. ~ Wayne Gretzky

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. ~ Wayne Gretzky

The first time I met Wayne Gretzky ... he never said anything back. ~ Gordie Howe

I like to think of the world's greatest athlete coming up to bat against me - Tiger Woods, Wayne Gretzky, I don't care who it is - and I'm looking at him thinking, you have no chance. ~ David Cone

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

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

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

You miss 100 percent of the selfies you never make. ~ Wayne Gretzky

The biggest difference between L.A. and Edmonton was that instead of people looking at me I was looking at them. ~ Wayne Gretzky

People talk about skating, puck handling and shooting, but the whole sport is angles and caroms, forgetting the straight direction the puck is going, calculating where it will be directed, factoring in all the interruptions. Basically, my whole game is angles. ~ Wayne Gretzky

Tiger Woods, Larry Bird, Wayne Gretzky, a pitcher just before a game, I would imagine they all have nervous energy. But as you perform, the nervous energy dissipates and you start to relax and you start to do what you do best. ~ Randy Johnson

I'm not sure Mario is going to get accolafes he deserves, especially from outside the game. But from within, the players, the people who follow closely, realize exactly what he's broughtto the table, exactly what he has done. People tend to forget ... hockey was dying in Pittsburgh before he got there. I played there. It was almost dead. I'm sorry, but the NHL would not have a franchise in Pittsburgh today had Mario not come along. Think about it, no hockey in Pittsburgh. ~ Wayne Gretzky

I'm very proud of our NHL players. I think they all handle themselves extremely well and they all work really hard. ~ Wayne Gretzky

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

He knows all the golf lingo. You know? You hit your ball, he's like "there's a golf shot. That's a golf shot." Well of course it's a golf shot; I just hit a golf ball. You don't see Gretzky skating around going "there's a hockey shot, that's a hockey shot." ~ Bill Engvall

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. ~ Wayne Gretzky

Dad, they used to tell Wayne Gretzky that he was to small, and that he would never make the NHL look at him now I replied ~ Mike Leonetti

My kids are no different than anyone else's - they tend to disagree with everything I say! ~ Wayne Gretzky

When you think of hockey, when you think of Canada, you think of Wayne Gretzky. ~ Joe Sakic

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

The only way a kid is going to practice is if it's total fun for him ... and it was for me. ~ Wayne Gretzky

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. ~ Wayne Gretzky

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. ~ Wayne Gretzky

Good players skate to the puck. Great players skate to where the puck is going to be. ~ Wayne Gretzky