Wayne Gretzky Quotes

“The game is played out of instinct, but everyone on the ice has habits - good and bad. So the key to the game is to exploit the bad habits of your opponent.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

“When you're playing an exhibition, you're kind of letting everyone get an opportunity.”

“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.”

“Most players go where the puck is. I go where the puck will be.”

“It doesn't matter what I think. It doesn't matter what other people think. You have to get on the ice and participate and play and the best team wins.”

“You miss the ball you do not hit 100%”

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

“I miss all the shots I don't take.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“As a player, you have one responsibility, to focus yourself and be ready for the game. As a coach, your responsibility is to get 20 guys ready and have them all on the same page. If you can't get every guy ready every night, you're going to struggle.”

“Good players skate to the puck. Great players skate to where the puck is going to be.”

“I think the Americans are ready to play, they want to beat us. I think that players like Chris Chelios and his leadership over there goes a long way.”

“The biggest difference between L.A. and Edmonton was that instead of people looking at me I was looking at them.”

“A lot of times, I can turn and pass without even looking.”

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

“It's easier to lose than to win.”

“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.”

“I have recall. I don't know why or how. I had a guy once who said he played against me in novice [league, for kids under nine], for the Detroit Lasers. And I said, "Oh yeah, we beat you in the tournament, 8-1 and I think I scored seven goals, and the goalie was left-handed." And he was, "Oh my God. I was the goalie!" .”

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