Wayne Douglas Gretzky, nicknamed “The Great One” is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and former head coach. He has played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for four teams from 1979 to 1999.
Also, known as one of the greatest and legendary hockey player by other players, sportswriters, and the NHL. Not just that he is a leading scorer in the history of NHL with a maximum number of goals.
Here are some of the Famous Wayne Gretzky Quotes that will inspire and motivate you
Wayne Gretzky Quotes
1 – “You miss the ball you do not hit 100%” – Wayne Gretzky
2 – “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
3 – “I love everything about hockey.” – Wayne Gretzky
4 – “I miss all the shots I don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
5 – “In one sense we are a favourite because we won a gold medal in 2002.” – Wayne Gretzky
6 – “The greatest thing about playing obviously is winning, and you can’t replace that experience with anything.” – Wayne Gretzky
7 – “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
8 – “People, in general, want to build somebody up and then try to knock them down. They always root for the underdog.” – Wayne Gretzky
9 – “Everything I did in hockey, I worked for.” – Wayne Gretzky
10 – “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
11 – “It really doesn’t matter or concern me what people are saying or who thinks who is the favourite. The bottom line is you have to play.” – Wayne Gretzky
12 – “Maybe it wasn’t the talent the Lord gave me-maybe it was the passion.” – Wayne Gretzky
13 – “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
14 – “I missed 100% of the shots I didn’t take” – Wayne Gretzky
15 – “One hundred per cent of shots not taken don’t go in.” – Wayne Gretzky
16 – “You’ll never catch me bragging about goals, but I’ll talk all you want about my assists.” Wayne Gretzky
17 – “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
18 – “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
19 – “My kids are no different than anyone else’s – they tend to disagree with everything I say!” – Wayne Gretzky
20 – “Growing up, I was always the small guy.” Wayne Gretzky
21 – “It’s an honour and a thrill and a privilege just to play in the NHL.” Wayne Gretzky
22 – “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
23 – “I’m very proud of our NHL players. I think they all handle themselves extremely well and they all work really hard.” – Wayne Gretzky
24 – “I get a feeling about where a teammate is going to be. A lot of times, I can turn and pass without even looking.” – Wayne Gretzky
25 – “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
26 – “Most people marry their mother. I married my father.” – Wayne Gretzky
27 – “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
28 – “And people who know me would tell you that away from hockey I’m really not that competitive.” – Wayne Gretzky
29 – “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
30 – “I just like to keep my money in the bank; I’m not a big risk-taker. I don’t know anything about the stock market… I stay away from things I don’t know anything about.” – Wayne Gretzky
31 – “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
32 – “The biggest difference between L.A. and Edmonton was that instead of people looking at me I was looking at them.” – Wayne Gretzky
33 – “The only way a kid is going to practice is if it’s total fun for him… and it was for me.” – Wayne Gretzky
34 – “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
35 – “The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.” – Wayne Gretzky
36 – “Ninety per cent of hockey is mental and the other half is physical.” – Wayne Gretzky
37 – “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
38 – “Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.” – Wayne Gretzky
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39 – “A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.” – Wayne Gretzky
40 – “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
41 – “The only shot I ALWAYS miss is the one I don’t take!” – Wayne Gretzky
42 – “At the end of the day, everybody lost. We almost crippled our industry. It was very disappointing what happened.” – Wayne Gretzky
43 – “I can’t remember the last time I went to a game and there was a fight. I think they fight more in baseball now than they do in hockey.” – Wayne Gretzky
44 – “I think sports for kids is the greatest thing in the world because it teaches you how to share, about winning and losing and pressure. But I don’t think you should force your kid to become a professional athlete.” – Wayne Gretzky
45 – “When I broke into professional hockey at 17 I was told that I was too small and too slow and I wouldn’t make the NHL. Now it’s kind of flip-flopped and the sense is I can’t be a good coach because I was a great athlete.” – Wayne Gretzky
46 – “I think the greatest thing about playing obviously is winning, and you can’t replace that experience with anything.” – Wayne Gretzky
47 – “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.” – Wayne Gretzky
48 – “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
49 – “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
50 – “As a player, you have one responsibility, to focus yourself and be ready for the game. As a coach, your responsibility is to get 20 guys ready and have them all on the same page. If you can’t get every guy ready every night, you’re going to struggle.” – Wayne Gretzky
51 – “I think a lot of parents live their lives through the kids. Because they didn’t make it [achieve something], they want their kids to make it. It puts a lot of undue pressure on the kids.” – Wayne Gretzky
52 – “Hockey is my life. I love every minute of it.” – Wayne Gretzky
53 – “I grew up such a fan. It was my life. Everything I did was hockey related and everything I have is because of hockey and the NHL.” – Wayne Gretzky
54 – “There’s no perfect coach in the world. Coaches are human, too. Mistakes are made. But, fundamentally, if you’re sound, you eliminate as many mistakes as possible.” – Wayne Gretzky
55 – “I think the Americans are ready to play, they want to beat us. I think that players like Chris Chelios and his leadership over there go a long way.” – Wayne Gretzky
56 – “I can remember hockey. It was my life, my passion. It’s what I love the most.” – Wayne Gretzky
57 – “Not doing it is certainly the best way to not getting it” – Wayne Gretzky
58 – “I don’t think anyone person will ever be bigger than the game.” – Wayne Gretzky
59 – “You miss every shot you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
60 – “I’m probably the only guy in hockey who can win a scoring title and everybody is saying I had a bad year. I don’t worry about it.” – Wayne Gretzky
61 – “When you’re playing an exhibition, you’re kind of letting everyone get an opportunity.” – Wayne Gretzky
62 – “It’s easier to lose than to win.” – Wayne Gretzky
63 – “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
64 – “I played everything. I played lacrosse, baseball, hockey, soccer, track and field. I was a big believer that you played hockey in the winter and when the season was over you hung up your skates and you played something else.” – Wayne Gretzky
65 – “What you want to do with your best players is, it doesn’t matter how many goals and assists they get, but when they get goals and assists. The best players get them at the most important times, and that’s when we need those guys to come through.” – Wayne Gretzky
66 – “When I played in a 21-team league, there were six or seven goalies who were just average, and the equipment and pads were smaller. I came in the right era. I played for the right team. It was all speed, and creativity and imagination.” – Wayne Gretzky
67 – “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
68 – “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
69 – “The Power of WHO provides great lessons about how to succeed in business and in life. If you surround yourself with quality people and great friends, the sky’s the limit.” – Wayne Gretzky
70 – “It doesn’t matter what I think. It doesn’t matter what other people think. You have to get on the ice and participate and play and the best team wins.” – Wayne Gretzky
71 – “You know, I’ve held women and babies and jewels and money, but nothing will ever feel as good as holding that Cup.” – Wayne Gretzky
72 – “Sometimes people ask, ‘Are hockey fights real?’ I say, ‘If they weren’t, I’d get in more of them.” – Wayne Gretzky
73 – “Skating alone is an art. Doing it on a substance? I don’t know. That’s got to be tough.” – Wayne Gretzky
74 – “A 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
75 – “He brings something special. I don’t know what it is, but if you ask him, you couldn’t understand his answer.” – Wayne Gretzky
76 – “We’re in a tough situation because of teenage children, and then we have a 2-year-old and a 5-year-old, so my family and my responsibilities are sorts of a juggle.” – Wayne Gretzky
