Wayne Gretzky: I wish I could still play
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ส.ค. 2024
- Wayne Gretzky on retiring at 39 years of age, turning down an unconditional offer for $1 million from the Rangers and the missing the irreplaceable high that hockey provided. Plus, Wayne discusses shifting his focus towards rooting on the next generation.
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What I really admire about Wayne, since the time he was a youngster, is that he's always been level-headed, had good judgment, is blessed with good common sense and he always said the right things. He's a great Canadian and was raised by good parents. He's an athletic superstar and prodigy who's never acted like it.Few and far between.
I think what he did for Special Needs guy and the kid's mother was awesome.
No idea how anyone could hate on gretzky
Yeah, other than the cocaine, the gambling ring, and taking corporate money to publicly endorse filth like Harper, Gretzky had good judgment and always said the right things.
@@DrZaius
What? (Honestly asking because I don't know)
@@travzimmerman1340 - don’t feed the troll. Gretzky never touched coke in his entire life (other than Diet Coke). He was always the one going home early and taking care of his teammates and making sure they stayed on the straight and narrow (as much as possible). He would be the one telling the guys to get home to wake up and prepare for the next day. He was the main leader off the ice too.
He played 20 year's...
Now he's retired 20 year's...
Wow... time flies Great One !!!
Hockey just has the absolute best people in sports.
Gretzky and Lemieux are two of the most likable people. So humble, respectful, and classy.
The smallest ego out of all the GOATs.
By far.
So what ..
Who has a big ego among the GOATs? They are all very humble.
So what ... bc it makes you feel better ?
@@JackBirdbath Comparably, Jordan has a big ego and so does Brady. But neither are that bad. Bonds, assuming you feel he’s the GOAT, has an ego as large as a planet.
wow...I am in awe of him.
I love his answer on how do you replace the thrill of being a hockey player.
Jesus this man is such a gentleman
One of , or the most honest straight forward interviews i've ever seen. He was honest when asked what could replace it and he said nothing before the question was finished. Even wrapping himself in his kid's accomplishments doesn't completely replace it. Awesome
Wayne is just a good and sensible man. Very humble for being the greatest hockey player of all time (at least by statistical metrics; I do wonder how much Lemieux could’ve put up if not for injuries and cancer). He was always just a good person. No scandals, no braggadocio, and no selfishness. I would like to see him try coaching again.
Gretzky has always exuded class and integrity. Players in any sport these days could learn something from The Great One! No question a case can be made that Wayne is the most dominant athlete in any sport off all time. His records are absolutely off the charts.
God Bless Wayne Gretzky 🙂🏒🏒👏👏👏
3:40, he was holding in some very strong emotions there.
Growing up in south LA and number of years in Portland. Everyone knew Gretzky and knew how incredible he was. He is the best thing to happen to LA and changed the sport scene. Nothing like it every in LA not even the Lakers in the '80s brought that much excitement.
Gretzky is a true class-act of professional sports and one of the all-time greats. I still remember the Pro Stars cereal from the 1980s and then the subsequent cartoon of the same name from the 1990s with him, Michael Jordan and Bo Jackson! Good times.
A great role model, proof that you don't need to have the best raw skills, his dedication, his passion and ability to think and be creative along with good family support is what made him the Great One, watching him play as I was growing up was a treat and memories I will never forget.
Wayne’s parents lived around the corner from my folks. My dad knew Walt, Wayne’s dad, die a few em years. They’d meet at the mall and talk. I met up with them one day and said hi to Mr Gretzky. My dad was shocked I knew him. After he said you know him??? I said dad that’s Wayne Gretzkys dad. Walt never once brought it up. Now you know where Wayne got his humility from.
Graham, if you get the chance to interview Gretzky again, ask him more questions about his coaching tenure. Gretzky was a good coach. He took a below average group of players and got them to play .500 hockey against much better teams.
Thank you! Finally someone else who realized this! The guy definitely could coach. He had an AHL level team in Phoenix, with garbage goal tending, and pulled off a respectable coaching record.
Cheers to #99 Wayne Gretzky ❤️ truly "The Great One" in so many ways. 🇨🇦. 110% class act
I've been a Rangers fan my whole life, and I realize Wayne was 38 when he retired and maybe had one or two years left, but the Rangers really helped accelerate his retirement. Number one; when Gretzky signed with New York, he NEVER imagined they wouldn't keep Mark Messier. Number two; they didn't surround him with players who could best exploit his gifts. The decision to not keep Messier after 1996-97 was one the team didn't get over until after the lockout in 2003-04. Neil Smith deserves lots of credit for ending the 54-year drought, but he was really slow to see that the game was changing towards bigger power forwards. We always had a surplus of diminutive older forwards who lacked physicality. It's ok if you have some forwards like that, but they can't all be like that. In that sense Neil Smith's drafting history was checkered.
I've been a die-hard NYR fan all of my life as well as a Gretzky fanatic since childhood, so Smith signing Gretz in summer of '96 was a dream come true for me. Smith was trying to do anything he could to get them back to a Cup Final and win one more before all of the older players like Messier, Leetch, Graves hit the wall...Smith tried hard, I give him credit...he was even doing it prior to Gretz's arrive, bringing in guys like Pat Verbeek and Ray Ferraro, but they just didn't have the teams to get back to the Cup. The one trade I hated and he should have never made was sending Zubov to PGH.
Ooh I hate that trade too. I didn't like them not resigning Verbeek, but it could be that since they signed Gretzky they didn't have enough for Verbeek. He would've fit well with Gretzky. Trading Ferraro, Nordstrom and Laperriere to LA wasn't such a great tradeeither. One thing I noticed as the decade of the 90s dwindled down was how the Rangers were a small team. Smith always drafted small. All in all Smith deserves loads of credit, but he made some glaring mistakes too.
The Ferraro trade completely derailed the 1996 Rangers. Ferraro that year played so well with Messier. Zubov trade was obviously horrible. Smith gambled in 1997 thinking he would get Sakic, never imagining Colorado would match the offer sheet. He lost that gamble. The Rangers and Messier himself were never the same after 1997. Jagr and Lundqvist brought the team back to respectability but it took many years.
I have to say I'd forgotten about the Sakic offer sheet fiasco. You're spot on with everything you said.
yeah that trade with LA was Smith again trying to hit another HR with the former Edmonton gang, getting Kurri and McSorley...they exited in the 2nd round to PGH in '96, unfortunately.
The Greatest Ever......
100% class.
interview Zlatan Ibrahimovic. instant views
Such a well spoken man
What a professional athlete should be.
The thing you really miss every bit as much as playing is the locker room with the boys. There are few things in life that put real joy into a mans heart but walking into the room before a game and hearing the banter and feeling the pre game butterflies, well, it doesn't get much better.
Gretzky's 1,963 career assists in 246 fewer games surpass Jagr's 1,921 career points!
GOAT
he only plays hockey 1-2 times per year now?!
Hey Graham, have you considered interviewing a soccer player? think Thierry Henry would be great!
fuck soccer
@@Reidski97 fuck you
@@lambokiller99 go pound sand
the king of canada
so close to 900 goals and 3,000 points.
i dont know why, but when he was about to say what the closest thing to the high of being a professional hockey was....i was praying he would say cocaine for a laugh lol
...ill see myself oot.
This dude could play batman in a movie!
WAYNE!!!
One more year!!!
Graham you do an excellent job keep up the good work. You should try marketing on reddit they would love your stuff and it would net you a lot of subscribers.
Does anyone know why these videos don't get a lot of views??
Leul Admasu there's a 1:15 minute ad every other video
Probably cause Wayne isn’t really a well known hockey player
wow nice
The banner behind Gretzky for his press confence should have been Oilers shame
Canada's Prince
If the rangers had gotten pavel bure, gretz would have played another 2 years.
"By all standards, a young man." a hundred years ago most men never lived to see 40.
More like 400 years ago
Not true. King David said a man lives 70 years, 80 if he's strong.
Just about the only guy on earth that respects James Dolan..
That is exactly how people should live their lives... Once you are done doing something you love (usually when you are younger) then you live through your kids. You support them and let them grow into something that they love. What I wrote here, is how everyone should be living their lives... But I see a bunch of broken homes this day and age. It is like people cannot do what Wayne says here, they cannot get over the fact that you cannot replace that "happiness" from previous hobbies. It is sad that they cannot be content with their lives and take responsibility in making sure their children get the same enjoyment out of their own hobbies... Then you get they parents that force kids into unwanted activities, which are just as bad.
I respect his decision to retire, but just imagine, one more year and closer to 3000 points!!!
I hope he address his fear of flying - I read he had to go in the cockpit and sit there to curb his fear of flying.
Why would that be important?
Fuck it if he wants to play he should play gordie did it for god knows how long
99
Why did he not retire an oiler
I have a question for Mr Wayne, how come your face is red?
Wayne misses the competitiveness....
that can not be found in practises or alumni games
Should have kept Dolan's money
He could’ve played a few more years skill wise... he still had the skill, but body wise probably started to go on him
Well, as a New Yorker and a Knicks fan, I HATE James Dolan! I believe he was talking about the dad.
They only offered him one million
Damn, he actually praises James Dolan? xD
Rudy Cooper i had the same reaction, as a former Knicks fan...cant support that team until Dolan sells it...guess Gretzky is THAT classy...
Gretzkys good and all, but let’s not forget.. j cole went platinum with no features.
stfu
If it weren’t for all those hot dogs and diet Coke’s
Wayne, Dolan offering you $1 Million had nothing to do with class. He lost money when you retired. Gretzky on the Rangers would make Dollan more than $1 million extra per year on top of what he would have paid you for a NHL contract. If Dolan was classy, he wouldnt have treated Charles Oakley the way he did. Then Dolan tried to scape goat and blame the head of security at MSG and fired him from a career position. All because Dolan has low self-esteem and is a dishonest man.
Playing in Toronto for the Maple Leafs is better than playing for New York at MSG. No hockey city in the world surpasses Toronto.
Especially when you're losing.
@Hippy(Bboomer) Yes, Montreal is a great hockey city, but you guys did lose Quebec as a hockey team. In Ontario, we would never lose a hockey city, even if they put a team in Kitchener. The French love hockey, but not like we Ontarians love our hockey.
@Hippy(Bboomer) the last time the Leafs won a Cup was before the invention of ghe television.
@Hippy(Bboomer)' 67, sorry for your lifetime of pain.
Toronto is Getting Hungry - to Win The STANLY CUP ! That would be awesome - That The CUP - would return to Ontario ! Canada / Not Ontario California !
If he was playing now he wouldn’t have scored 20 goals in this league now
Well, he is 60 years old after all.
@@michaelgriffiths8068 Thank you michael !! Some people don't get it.!!
Today's game is faster with more talent and skills. But let's not forget that in the 80's wayne had 9 other Hall of famers on his team in Edmonton. Like Michael said wayne is 60 now.
@@erickouniakis5722 - Wayne was ahead of his time, but there was more to him than his futuristic skill set. He also had a vision and a hockey sense that can’t really be taught and that’s what would transcend any era. Pavel Bure and Joe Sakic were faster than him. Peter Forsberg was a better dangler and had way more power. Yet Gretzky still out scored them all while they were playing in the NHL at the same time. His otherworldly vision was just that much better. It’s the same reason he outscored the 2nd leading scorer on his own team by 107 points in 1982 (the year he scored 92 goals). He almost led his team in points with just his *goals* alone that year. And then threw on a 120 assists on top of the that almost as an afterthought lol
@@michaelgriffiths8068 lol That is so true. His vision on the ice was years ahead. Till this day no one even comes close. I lived four blocks away from the north land's coliseum in Edmonton from 76 to 97. I watched Wayne Jerri Mark Paul Keven Grant and all the rest right from day one. Unbelievable memories. Great team !! Great bunch of guys that broke all the NHL records.. Everyone can say what they want but there numbers speek for them selves.
In every interview just prior to or during the question or comment Gretz always does this mm hm sound. Hm mm hm, mm hm, m hm, m hmm. Annoys the shit out of me.
Still talks better in an interview than 99% of other pro players lol
you mean how classy you were for not taking their money Wayne. I don't like how 'being humble' is misconstrued as having 'zero personality'. Hockey players are the worst interviews ever. Have you seen a Sydney Crosby interview....just give thanks to everyone else, no personality, no humor or intellect, boring, completely dry. Canada Dry. - from a Canadian
Lol shaad up hockey players aren't a bunch of clowns
Lol...the “Greatest of all Time”
You know we don’t believe you, right?
Great Player. Zero Personality.
Hardly. He might not be the flashiest kind of guy, but he is well spoken and gets his point across.
@@Bale4Bond that doesn’t mean he has a personality 😂
If he still played he would likely need a goon , like in the old days, to protect his fragile stature. Oh yeah! He probably would need to talk with his wife to see if it’s ok…..since he left Edmonton, he never did anything spectacular…Lemieux IS the greatest.