Wayne Gretzky quotes and sayings that transcend hockey

Here is the Cagebook review team’s curated collection of Wayne Gretzky quotes about winning and being competitive.

1. “When you win, say nothing, when you lose say less.” – Wayne Gretzky

2. “It’s easier to lose than to win.” – Wayne Gretzky

3. “It’s just amazing how many companies suddenly want you to hold up their products after you’ve held up the Stanley Cup.” – Wayne Gretzky

4. “You know, I’ve held women and babies and jewels and money, but nothing will ever feel as good as holding that Cup.” – Wayne Gretzky

5. “And people who know me would tell you that away from hockey I’m really not that competitive.” – Wayne Gretzky

6. “Competitive spirit is still at a premium. The more you win, the better you play, the more money you make, so they all have that in mind.” – Wayne Gretzky

7. “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.” – Wayne Gretzky

8. “I think the greatest thing about playing obviously is winning, and you can’t replace that experience with anything.” – Wayne Gretzky

9. “I knew at a young age, whether I was playing baseball or hockey or lacrosse, that my teammates were counting on me, whether it be to strike the last batter out in a baseball game or score a big goal in a hockey game.” – Wayne Gretzky

10. “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

11. “When I was 5 and playing against 11-year-olds, who were bigger, stronger, faster, I just had to figure out a way to play with them.” – Wayne Gretzky

12. “Look at guys like Larry Bird and George Brett and John McEnroe; that’s what they did in their careers. They all wanted to be the guy under the microscope late in the game or late in the match. So you just take on that know-how that that’s part of your responsibility, and you learn that’s what makes it exciting. That’s what makes it fun!” – Wayne Gretzky

13. “I get a feeling about where a teammate is going to be. A lot of times, I can turn and pass without even looking.” – Wayne Gretzky

14. “I don’t think any, one person will ever be bigger than the game.” – Wayne Gretzky

15. “When you’re playing an exhibition, you’re kind of letting everyone get an opportunity.” – Wayne Gretzky

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Sports quotes about confidence and winning

Take it from the true champs to understand the definition of confidence and having a winning attitude, all curated by the Cagebook review team.

“Most talented players don’t always succeed. Some don’t even make the team. It’s more what’s inside.”– Brett Favre

“Show me a guy who’s afraid to look bad, and I’ll show you a guy you can beat every time.”– Lou Brock

“You can motivate by fear, and you can motivate by reward. But both those methods are only temporary. The only lasting thing is self motivation.”– Homer Rice

“My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.” – Hank Aaron

“To uncover your true potential you must first find your own limits and then you have to have the courage to blow past them.”– Picabo Street

“If you train hard, you’ll not only be hard, you’ll be hard to beat.”– Herschel Walker

“If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it.”– Ronnie Lott

“If you don’t have confidence, you’ll always find a way not to win.”– Carl Lewis

“Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.”– Michael Jordan

“Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.”– Lou Holtz

“Just keep going. Everybody gets better if they keep at it.”– Ted Williams

“Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.”– Larry Bird

“The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.”– Joe Paterno

“Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way.”– Satchel Paige

“You’re never a loser until you quit trying.”– Mike Ditka

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Famous movie quotes that can impact your life

Here is a great collection of quotes from some great adventure movies that will inspire you to take control and do something with your life.

“Don’t just fly, soar.” – Dumbo (Dumbo)

“A wise man can learn more from his enemies than a fool from his friends.” –Niki Lauda, Rush

“You control your destiny — you don’t need magic to do it. And there are no magical shortcuts to solving your problems.” – Merida (Brave)

“Sometimes it is the people who no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine.” – Alan Turing, The Imitation Game

“In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun.” – Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins)

“Strange, isn’t it? Each man’s life touches so many other lives. When he isn’t around he leaves an awful hole, doesn’t he?” – Clarence The Angel, It’s a Wonderful Life

“Your identity is your most valuable possession. Protect it.” – Elastigirl (The Incredibles)

“The way it works is, you do the thing you’re scared shitless of, and you get the courage AFTER you do it, not before you do it.” – Archie Gates, Three Kings

“Our fate lives within us. You only have to be brave enough to see it.” – Merida (Brave)

“To find something, anything, a great truth or a lost pair of glasses, you must first believe there will be some advantage in finding it.” – Jack Burden, All the King’s Men

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Adventure Quotes to Inspire You this 2020

If you feel like the weight of the world is on your back, then read these adventure quotes to get your 2020 starting off right.

1.” Jobs fill your pockets, but adventures fill your soul.” – Jaime Lyn

2. “Life is a fatal adventure. It can only have one end. So why not make it as far-ranging and free as possible” -Thornton Wilder

3. “You must go on adventures to find out where you truly belong.” – Sue Fitzmaurice

4.”Attitude is the difference between an ordeal and an adventure” – Bob Bitchin

5. “Nothing adventured, nothing attained”- Peter Mcwilliams

6. I don’t want to not live because of my fear of what could happen.” -Laird Hamilton

7. “Don’t die without embracing the daring adventure your life was meant to be.” – Steve Pavlina

8. “Nothing ventured, nothing gained. And venture belongs to the adventurous.” -Navjot Singh Sidhu

9. “We’re not home-and-hearth people. We’re the adventurers, the buccaneers, the blockade runners. Without challenge, we’re only alive.” -Alexander Elio

10. “We are all functioning at a small fraction of our capacity to live life fully in its total meaning of loving, caring, creating, and adventuring.” -Herbert A. Otto

11. The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.” -Thomas Alva Edison

12. “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson

13. The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.” -Henry David Thoreau

14. “Then one day, when you least expect it, the great adventure finds you.” – Ewan Mcgregor

15. “I don’t want to not live because of my fear of what could happen.”- Laird Hamilton

16. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.” – Jawaharlal Nehru

17. “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” -Steve Jobs

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Epic Adventure Quotes To Kick You Off Your Couch

Here is a great list of adventure quotes to help you feel inspired to explore the unknown.

1: “If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try.” – Seth Godin

2: “Because in the end, you won’t remember the times you spent in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.” – Jack Kerouac

3: “May your adventures bring you closer together, even as they take you far away from home.” – Trenton Lee Stewart

4: “And then there is the most dangerous risk of all – the risk of spending your life not doing what you want, on the bet you can buy yourself the freedom to do it later.” – Randy Komisar

5: “Some beautiful paths can’t be discovered without getting lost.” – Erol Ozan

6: “A man practices the art of adventure when he breaks the chain of routine and renews his life through reading new books, traveling to new places, making new friends, taking up new hobbies and adopting new viewpoints.” – Wilfred Peterson

7: “When a man is a traveler, the world is his home and the sky is his roof, where he hangs his hat is his home and all the people are his family.” – Drew Bundini Brown

8: “I travel because I’d rather look back at my life, saying ‘I can’t believe I did that’ instead of ‘if only I had’.” – Florine Bos

9: “You must go on adventures to find out where you truly belong” – Sue Fitzmaurice

10: “The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for a newer and richer experience.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

11: “Wilderness is not a luxury but necessity of the human spirit.” – Edward Abbey

12: “I travel because I become uncomfortable being too comfortable.” – Carew Papritz

13: “Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach of us more than we can ever learn from books.” – John Lubbock

14: “Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!” ― Hunter S. Thompson

15: “If happiness is the goal – and it should be, then adventures should be top priority.” – Richard Branson

16: “To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world. You are surrounded by adventure.” – Freya Stark

17: “Then I realized that to be more alive, I had to be less afraid. So I did it. I lost my fear and gained my whole life.” – Anonymous

18: “One travels to run away from routine, that dreadful routine that kills all imagination and all our capacity for enthusiasm.” – Ella Maillart

19: “If you don’t get out of the box you’ve been raised in, you won’t understand how much bigger the world is.” – Angelina Jolie

20: “The danger of adventure is worth a thousand days of ease and comfort.” – Paulo Coelho

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