Wayne Douglas Gretzky, CC (b.1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and former head coach. He played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League for 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 point-scorer in NHL history, with more assists than any other player has points, and is the only NHL player to total over 200 points in one season–a feat he accomplished four times. In addition, he tallied over 100 points in 16 professional seasons, 14 of them consecutive. At the time of his retirement in 1999, he held 40 regular-season records, 15 playoff records, and six All-Star records.
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You’ll always miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
—Wayne Gretzky
Topics: Risk
I stake to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
—Wayne Gretzky
Topics: Expectation, Vision
You miss 100% of the shots you never take.
—Wayne Gretzky
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