Wayne Gretzky Quotes

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

Sports, Good, Great

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
Wayne Gretzky

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

Success, Happiness, Common

I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
Wayne Gretzky

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.
Wayne Gretzky

Successful, Same, Sense

Ninety percent of hockey is mental and the other half is physical.
Wayne Gretzky

Hockey, Half, Physical

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

Care, Put, Another

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

Time, Best, Sports

Listen, everything I have in my life is because of the NHL and because of hockey, and I love the game and I loved every minute of being a player, I loved coaching, I loved being involved in the NHL.
Wayne Gretzky

Life, Love, Game

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

Hockey, Worked, Speed

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

Work, Hard, Dog

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

Play, Against, Playing

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

Work, Hard, Proud

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

Fun, Him, Practice

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

Away, Tell, Hockey

Growing up, I was always the small guy.
Wayne Gretzky

Small, Growing, Guy

It's an honour and a thrill and a privilege just to play in the NHL.
Wayne Gretzky

Play, Privilege, Thrill

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

Between, Looking, Difference

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

Work, Strength, Mind

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

Good, Blessed, Play

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

Age, Game, Baseball

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Nationality: Canadian

Born: January 26, 1961

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