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
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
The only way a kid is going to practice is if it’s total fun for him… and it was for me.
Wayne Gretzky
The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.
Wayne Gretzky
You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
Wayne Gretzky
I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
Wayne Gretzky
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Wayne Gretzky
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
Ninety percent of hockey is mental and the other half is physical.
Wayne Gretzky
The biggest difference between L.A. and Edmonton was that instead of people looking at me I was looking at them.
Wayne Gretzky
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
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
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