Wayne Gretzky

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

“When you're a young kid, you don't think about it. You're a kid. You're not scared of anything.”

“I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.”

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

“You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.”

“I wasn't naturally gifted in terms of size and speed; everything I did in hockey I worked for.”

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

“No matter who you are, we're creatures of habit. The better your habits are, the better they will be in pressure situations.”

“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.”

“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 you can play as an individual.”

“It's just amazing how many companies suddenly want you to hold up their products after you've held up the Stanley Cup.”

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