Wayne Gretzky Quotes about Hockey

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

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.

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

Everything I did in hockey, I worked for.

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

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 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'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.

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

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.

I don't think any one person will ever be bigger than the game.

Hockey is my life. I love every minute of it.

I can remember hockey. It was my life, my passion. It's what I love the most.

I grew up such a fan. It was my life. Everything I did was hockey related and everything I have is because of hockey and the NHL.

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.

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.

He brings something special. I don't know what it is, but if you ask him, you couldn't understand his answer.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.