Wayne Gretzky Quotes

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.

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.

A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.

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

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.

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

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

No matter who you are, we're creatures of habit. The better your habits are, the better they will be in pressure situations.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

It's easier to lose than to win.

Everything I did in hockey, I worked for.

Not doing it is certainly the best way to not getting it

You know, I've held women and babies and jewels and money, but nothing will ever feel as good as holding that Cup.

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.

The only shot I ALWAYS miss, is the one I don't take!

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

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.

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.

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.