Wayne Gretzky quotes

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

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

The day I stop giving is the day I stop receiving. The day I stop learning is the day I stop growing.
- Wayne Gretzky

Maybe it wasn’t the talent the Lord gave me -maybe it was the passion.
- 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

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

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

Skating alone is an art. Doing it on a substance? I don’t know. That’s got to be tough.
- Wayne Gretzky

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

Most people marry their mother. I married my father.
- Wayne Gretzky

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

Competitive spirit is still at a premium. The more you win, the better you play, the more money you make, so they all have that in mind.
- Wayne Gretzky

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

Only one thing is ever guaranteed, that is that you will definitely not achieve the goal if you don’t take the shot.
- Wayne Gretzky

It’s just amazing how many companies suddenly want you to hold up their products after you’ve held up the Stanley Cup.
- Wayne Gretzky

When you’re playing an exhibition, you’re kind of letting everyone get an opportunity.
- 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

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

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

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

It’s an honor and a thrill and a privilege just to play in the NHL.
- Wayne Gretzky

I love everything about hockey.
- 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