Wayne Gretzky Quotes About Team

Quotes about: Team

• 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

  Sports, Children, Team

  Interview With James Bassil, www.askmen.com.

• The 2002 (Olympic) team was a great team, we won the gold medal, they deserved all the accolades that they got. But this team seems to have a little more depth and maybe a little more talent to pick from. So it makes the job of picking the right 23 guys even more difficult.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Jobs, Team, Guy

• 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

  Team, Creativity, Average

  "Wayne Gretzky on the love of his life". Interview with Jonathon Gatehouse, www.macleans.ca. October 6, 2016.

• If we're going to change the game it has to start at eight, nine and 10 years old. When we were that age we'd go to the pond or backyard rink and throw a puck on the ice and play five on five, or seven on seven. You get this creativity and this imagination that comes from within, just having fun on the pond. Now kids are so focused on team play, and the coaches are so focused on positioning. You can't change it at the NHL level.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Fun, Team, Creativity

  "Wayne Gretzky on the love of his life". Interview with Jonathon Gatehouse, www.macleans.ca. October 6, 2016.

• The best players in the game want the responsibility of being the best player. The reality is the game has changed from now back to '87. It's a lot tighter checking. The players are better today. So, that makes it harder for him just in that fact. We can't rely solely on Mario [Lemieux] to carry this team. We're not relying on that.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Team, Responsibility, Player

  Source: www.hockeycanada.ca

• 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

  Team, Winning, Thinking

  Source: www.hockeycanada.ca

• We feel fortunate [with Canada hockey team]. We have got a lot of guys who love to play, but they also love to win even more. We are pretty happy. Although we are young, we like our group of players.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Team, Hockey, Winning

  Source: www.hockeycanada.ca

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