To rise above the modifications of your mind, when you cease your mind, when you cease to be a part of your mind, that is yoga.
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
It's kind of ironic when I broke in at 17, I was told I was too small, too slow and I wouldn't make the NHL - 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
Look at guys like Larry Bird and George Brett and John McEnroe; that's what they did in their careers. They all wanted to be the guy under the microscope late in the game or late in the match. So you just take on that know-how that that's part of your responsibility, and you learn that's what makes it exciting. That's what makes it fun! - Wayne Gretzky
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. - Wayne Gretzky
My kids are no different than anyone else's - they tend to disagree with everything I say! - Wayne Gretzky
No matter who you are, we're creatures of habit. The better your habits are, the better they will be in pressure situations. - 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
People in general want to build somebody up and then try to knock them down. They always root for the underdog. - Wayne Gretzky
Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy. - Wayne Gretzky
Skating alone is an art. Doing it on a substance? I don't know. That's got to be tough. - Wayne Gretzky
Sometimes people ask, 'Are hockey fights real?' I say, 'If they weren't, I'd get in more of them.' - Wayne Gretzky
Thankfully, in my youth I had the best financial advisor a son could ask for: my dad Walter. When I got that first signing bonus in 1978, Dad took my cheque, announced, 'This is what we're going to do,' and bought an annuity with it. - Wayne Gretzky
That's the hardest part of this whole process. The best part is picking the players and the worst part is telling basically five players they are not going to play tonight. - 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
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. - Wayne Gretzky
The greatest thing about playing obviously is winning, and you can't replace that experience with anything. - 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
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