Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
—Wayne Gretzky
Topics: Procrastination, Defects
I stake to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
—Wayne Gretzky
Topics: Expectation, Vision
You’ll always miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
—Wayne Gretzky
Topics: Risk
One of the key qualities that you need to be a great hockey player is fantastic anticipation and feel for the game – if you know where the puck is going before it is hit, that is half the battle.
—Wayne Gretzky
Topics: Anticipation
The only way a kid is going to practice is if it’s total fun for him… and it was for me.
—Wayne Gretzky
Topics: Practice
The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.
—Wayne Gretzky
Topics: Work
You miss 100% of the shots you never take.
—Wayne Gretzky
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