Wayne Gretzky
Wayne Gretzky
Wayne Douglas Gretzky CCis a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and former head coach. He played 20 seasons in the National Hockey Leaguefor four teams from 1979 to 1999. Nicknamed "The Great One", he has been called "the greatest hockey player ever" by many sportswriters, players, and the NHL itself. He is the leading scorer in NHL history, with more goals and more assists than any other player. He scored more assists than any other player scored total points,...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth26 January 1961
CityBrantford, Canada
CountryCanada
When your leading goal scorer and your best player has 15 goals, you've got to play airtight. When we play airtight, we're a tough team to play against. When we believe that we can throw pucks in the middle, backhand passes, plays like that - and it's not one guy, it's a group effort - then we're in trouble.
Yes, Sidney Crosby. He's the best player I've seen since Mario (Lemieux).
We're going to get a lot of calls over the next four weeks. Obviously, we'll listen.
We know what we have with Boucher, and we know Curtis is a tremendous goalie and got a year off to get healthy, ... We expect it to be a competitive battle between both of them. . . . I'd like to see one of them jump up and grab that starting position.
We've got an uphill battle, but nobody's going to quit.
What records show is consistency, and that's what he's been in his career. He's been a professional and been liked with every team he's been with.
We've been working with our defensemen that when they get the puck, don't look to pass, but take it to the net and try to score.
We're here for a little bit of a tour for four or five days, just to get together and kind of talk about the season. The players everybody is talking about are all playing well, and decisions are very difficult. No matter what we do, there is going to be a controversy.
Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.
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.
It's an honour and a thrill and a privilege just to play in the NHL.