Wayne Gretzky Quotes - Page 4

Competitive spirit is still at a premium. The more you win, the better you play, the more money you make, so they all have that in mind.

Listen, first of all, my wife is my best friend. My love for her is deeper than anything. The reality is, I'm not involved, I wasn't involved and I'm not going to be involved. Am I concerned for both of them Sure there's concern from me. I'm more worried about them than me. I'm like you guys, I'm trying to figure it all out.

Eight days ago, we were the toast of the town. Eight days later we're Thanksgiving turkeys.

I love everything about hockey.

My best friend had a hockey scholarship at Ohio State, so I would get a couple of pairs at the beginning of the season and send them down to him. They practised two hours a day. He'd skate in them for three weeks then ship them back.

And people who know me would tell you that away from hockey I'm really not that competitive.

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

Kids don't fight in minor hockey anymore. There's very few fights in junior and college hockey. So growing up, all these guys are not fighting.

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!

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

When people come up to me and say, "I was at your Game 7 in the playoffs in Toronto," or, "I saw your first goal in the NHL," that triggers memories. But I don't sit around my kitchen table and tell my kids, "You know, one year I got 92 goals."

I can't remember the last time I went to a game and there was a fight. I think they fight more in baseball now than they do in hockey.

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

We're in a tough situation because of teenage children, and then we have a 2-year-old and a 5-year-old, so my family and my responsibilities is sort of a juggle.

I miss all the shots I don't take.

Growing up, I was always the small guy.

Most people marry their mother. I married my father.

You miss the ball you do not hit 100%

In one sense we are a favorite because we won a gold medal in 2002.

Nothing can replace the Olympics. I love the Olympics. I was so proud when I played in '98 and I was so proud when we won in 2002.

Skating alone is an art. Doing it on a substance? I don't know. That's got to be tough.

I wasn't a great skater and I needed my skates to be perfect - really tight around the ankles. But I couldn't break in new ones because my feet would hurt so much. I wore a size 9 shoe and a 6.5 skate - my foot was really crunched.

Canadian players have started to put more of an importance on the World Championships in the sense that as soon as they lose, they are called, they want to go play and they don't go only on the basis of if they are injured.

The best players in the game want the responsibility of being the best player. The reality is the game has changed from now back to '87. It's a lot tighter checking. The players are better today. So, that makes it harder for him just in that fact. We can't rely solely on Mario [Lemieux] to carry this team. We're not relying on that.

We feel fortunate [with Canada hockey team]. We have got a lot of guys who love to play, but they also love to win even more. We are pretty happy. Although we are young, we like our group of players.