You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
You’ll never catch me bragging about goals, but I’ll talk all you want about my assists.
A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.
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.
Maybe it wasn’t the talent the Lord gave me-maybe it was the passion.
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.
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.
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.
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.
No matter who you are, we’re creatures of habit. The better your habits are, the better they will be in pressure situations.
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.
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.