Wayne 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

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

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

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

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

I listen to 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Stereophonics, Arctic Monkeys; also the musical Oliver - I can sing every tune. ~ Wayne Rooney

When it comes to jobs, jobs are just like products in the sense that the free market operates and sees that somebody gets paid what they're worth. ~ Wayne Rogers

My daddy, he was somewhere between God and John Wayne. ~ Hank Williams, Jr.

So, you work with Marcy?" Wayne earned points for what appeared to be sincere interest.
"Yes. She's in public accounting and I'm in corporate, but we both work for the same company."
Wayne grinned. "Me, I'm in murders and executions."
"Wayne!" Marcy rolled her eyes. "He means - "
"Mergers and acquisitions. I got it. ~ Megan Hart

I want to have thoughts of abundance. I want to have thoughts of love, of kindness, of beauty. ~ Wayne Dyer

Sometimes you've got to give them what they expect. It's the most important lesson of his life. He figures there are parts missing somewhere inside him; little pieces, like strands of a spider web that vibrate when something touches any part of the web. The strands let the spider know something else has entered its world. He has all the normal emotions. They just don't apply to other people; like those strands have been severed. ~ Wayne DePriest

I do not believe that God intended the study of theology to be dry and boring. Theology is the study of God and all his works! Theology is meant to be LIVED and PRAYED and SUNG! All of the great doctrinal writings of the Bible (such as Paul's epistle to the Romans) are full of praise to God and personal application to life. ~ Wayne Grudem

Before ya know it, all of today's tomorrows slip into yesterdays.

Credit: Gerty Murphy reminiscing in Barnstorm ~ Wayne Page

If you still are growing, you go through the archetype of the statesman or stateswoman. You stop asking "What are my quotas?" and stop saying "What is in it for me?" and "How much can I get?" You begin to say, instead, "What are your quotas?" and, "How may I serve?" Providing for others becomes much more important in your life than what you can get for yourself. ~ Wayne Dyer

One of the most responsible things you can do as an adult is to become more of a child. ~ Wayne Dyer

You can Light Up the Whole World by Giving without any Expectation Back. ~ Wayne Dyer

There is a lot of melody and things that sound familiar in hundreds of songs. ~ Wayne Coyne

When we Consistently Generate Thoughts of Giving ... we Attract the Energy of Giving Back to Us ~ Wayne Dyer

It's absurd. We would all like to see Cuba move toward civil society and free markets and greater respect for human rights. But the U.S. policy is exactly the wrong way to go about it. ~ Wayne Smith

Our brief, little life here on Earth represents the only time in all of eternity when we can glorify God in the midst of struggle. ~ Wayne Stiles

Love creates new form, changes matter, and holds the cosmos together beyond time and space. It's in every one of us. It's what God is. ~ Wayne Dyer

What you see is evidence of what you believe. ~ Wayne Dyer

I'm not some tortured, abandoned creature, Wayne," Marasi said, finding herself smiling at her distorted reflection in a ladle. "I'm not sitting around pining and dreaming for someone else to decide if I should be happy. There's nothing there. Whether that's due to actual lack of affection on his part, or more to stubbornness, I don't care. I've moved on. ~ Brandon Sanderson

John Wayne is as tough as an old nut and as soft as a yellow ribbon. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

Each time you send love in response to hate, you diffuse the hate. ~ Wayne Dyer

I feel the deepest, heartfelt pity for any adult who has never been in love. ~ Wayne Gerard Trotman

Wisdom is knowing I am nothing, love is knowing I am everything, and between the two my life moves. ~ Wayne W. Dyer

Forgiveness means that you fill yourself with love and you radiate that love outward and refuse to hang onto the venom or hatred that was engendered by the behaviors that caused the wounds. ~ Wayne Dyer

You can't be a first-world economy in the 21st century if you haven't laid the groundwork to seize the opportunities. ~ Wayne Swan

I heard Joby Talbot's Hovercraft piece for orchestra and felt its immediate physical impact - visceral, unsettling, hungry and direct. These short five minutes became our keystone to unlocking a strangely seductive score that tensions the aggressive force of the White Stripes with the enigmatic beauty of Talbot's own compositions. ~ Wayne McGregor

My dad was very much a John Wayne kind of guy, but he was also a great guy, great sense of humor, a real dedicated dad. I don't think he ever missed a hockey game I was in. ~ Denis Leary

I am fascinated in religion and theology and what people believe. ~ Sarah Wayne Callies

My life had devolved into a fluorescent haze of desktop Outlook/Internet Explorer/Excel screens by day followed by laptop Chrome/Facebook/Netflix nights. ~ Wayne Gladstone

Reading is fun: Writing is funner! ~ Wayne Croning

In the John Wayne movies, the Indians were savages that were trying to scalp you. That culture has really suffered because of the stereotype you see in those westerns. ~ Ricky Schroder

So far Kat has been through all the Wa's she could think of, but Hale hadn't admitted to being Walter or Ward or Washington. He'd firmly denied both Warren and Waverly. Watson had prompted him to do a very bad Sherlock Holmes impersonation throughout a good portion of a train ride to Edinburgh, Scotland. And Wayne seemed so wrong she hadn't even tried.
Hale was Hale. And not knowing what the W's stood for had become a constant reminder to Kat that, in life, there are some things that can be given but never stolen.
Of course, that didn't stop her from trying. ~ Ally Carter

if you were more unwilling to put up with negative emotion, your lives would go a whole lot better for you. You have trained yourselves to be willing to endure misalignment. And then you make decisions without the clarity that you're talking about. ~ Wayne W. Dyer

With every heart beat we live to see the sunset, with each drop of blood donated; another precious life will live to see the sunrise. ~ Wayne Chirisa

When you're feeling unwell, remember that the same power that actually made your body knows how to restore it to its original state of well-being. All you have to do is remove the obstacles erected by you and your toxic world, and allow this healing power to flow through you. ~ Wayne Dyer

... no place is more filled with imagined voices than a library. ~ Wayne C. Booth

I would think somebody like Jane Fonda and her idiot husband would be terribly ashamed and saddened that they were a part of causing us to stop helping the South Vietnamese. Now look what's happening. They're getting killed by the millions. Murdered by the millions. How the hell can she and her husband sleep at night? ~ John Wayne

Because we do not rest we lose our way ... Poisoned by the hypnotic belief that good things come only through unceasing determination and tireless effort, we never truly rest. And for want of rest, our lives are in danger. ~ Wayne Muller

For all who see God, may God go with you. For all who embrace life, may life return your affection. For all who seek a right path, may the path be found, And the courage to take it, step by step. ~ Wayne Arnason

Beware pride; it would have us seek revenge from those most deserving of our pity. ~ Wayne Gerard Trotman

My life is like a movie and I do my own stunts ~ Lil' Wayne

I don't like the idea of busing children all over the country. It's not safe. And there doesn't seem to be that much of an urgent need for it to be done. ~ Wayne White

Be not afraid. A kind life, a life of spirit, is fundamentally a life of courage-the courage simply to bring what you have, to bring who you are. ~ Wayne Muller