Gretzky is such an icon and his humble demeanor is so disarming. A true gentleman and one of the legends of the game

@richardmonaghan1144

5 жыл бұрын

That's why no one ever took a real cheap shot at him or a career threatening hit on him. You know why.....? It was out of respect.

@juster3.146

4 жыл бұрын

The same with Mario Lemieux.

@dzanier

4 жыл бұрын

he's simply incomparable in every way.

@robertograham6065

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry to be off topic but does any of you know a trick to get back into an Instagram account?? I was stupid lost the account password. I appreciate any tips you can offer me

@alfredojohnathan398

2 жыл бұрын

@Roberto Graham instablaster ;)

R.I.P Walter. You raised a Champion 🏆

@miles6593

3 жыл бұрын

Walter has a heart of gold … and that heart is missing to us right now . Peace and good health to you … Miles from Canada .

I came here looking for a Gretzky interview and found the best interviewer I have ever seen.

@daryld1325

3 жыл бұрын

welcome to valuetainment and patrick bet david

The definition of a true class act...

@wizardglick1

7 ай бұрын

Amen

Great interview with a great person! Wayne makes all Canadians proud. So humble and down to earth. Comes from solid family values.

@miles6593

3 жыл бұрын

I concur with your statement Gregory ; except Wayne's values have been challenged significantly since his retirement from the NHL .

Typical hockey player. Classy, humble and will always deflect the credit.

@tkkunaka2630

3 жыл бұрын

John once they get to the league haha Hockey Players are assholes ngl

@michaelbieber4502

3 жыл бұрын

Very true! Class the GREAT ONE has.we all love the GREAT ONE!

@lushrarebullies566

3 жыл бұрын

He is not like any other hockey player imo he's the great 1 and there will never be another great great canadian

@joblo6394

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, of all the sports hockey players lost down to earth 👍🏼

@shredderhater

3 жыл бұрын

The good hockey players do that, thing about Wayne is, he made everyone around him better hockey players

Pat , I just watched this Interview with 99 and I have to say this was the most enjoyable Interview I've ever seen.

Just a master clause of humility, Guy’s been retired for 20 years and he still handing out assists left and right

He was the most exciting player that I ever watched. He is humble just like his dad. Amazing interview. Thanks for the memories GREAT ONE!

@miles6593

3 жыл бұрын

Whenever you talk about the creative genius of Wayne Gretzky … you are talking about the creative genius of Walter Gretzky and Wayne Gretzky . The most important characteristic which Walter and which Wayne possess is their humility . Their humility shines through their creative genius in sports as well as through their other pursuits in life . They both know that God had bestowed them gifts … and they both know that those gifts were meant to be used in a good way to benefit other people and other living creatures . Peace and good health to you … Miles from Canada .

Long time Edmontonion here, since 1977 & just as a regular citizen with no connection to the hockey world or Wayne Gretzky got to be a part of the most thrilling & totally amazing

How on EARTH can you dislike this man? HOW! He worked hard and didnt make any excuses. DONT BE JEALOUS OF OTHERS HARD WORK.

Grace is a requirement of being named GOAT and Wayne exemplifies this. Pat, your interview here is one of the best ever by anyone.

thankyou Wayne for being such a great Canadian spokesman/hero and for not forgetting your roots and for not forgetting about us still here/left behind in the cold north...

"The Great One" I grew up in New York city but my Family is from Canada, as matter a fact my Great great great Grandfather wrote O Canada! lol Robert Stanley Weir. My Uncle coached the Saskatoon Blades. My family was in Purdue Sask. I'am Gretzky's age. I tried but it wasn't any ICE in nYC. I should have went up to my family in Canada. I was aBoston Bruins fan , but I loved Gretzky. Just poetry in motion...

@miles6593

3 жыл бұрын

I could not skim by the comments on this board without stopping to acknowledge your comment Ian . Speaking of poetry in motion … both Wayne and your great great great grandfather are great great great poets ; where one is a poet of the national game and the other is a poet of the national anthem . Hey dude , you need to get back to your roots and get back to the True North while it's still strong and free . NYC is great but the place will drive you insane . If you come back to Canada , then you will retain ( or maybe regain ) your health and sanity … in all thy sons command . My family has been in Canada since the beginning … since the early 1600s …. when it was still called British North America and La Nouvelle France . Peace and good health to you … Miles from Canada .

@ianweir2115

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, we are having another Weir reunion. Up in Purdue Sask. Yes I need to get out of NYC, it's just been crazy with covid 19 and all the political hatred, I need the great white north, figure some things out before I decide what to do from here. I might leave NYC, before it turns into Detroit. I'm going to wait a few years and then decide.

@miles6593

3 жыл бұрын

That is excellent to hear Ian ! I do not like to tell people what to do ; but ultimately individuals make their own headstrong choices . It's just that I have been blessed with the ability to discern certain things ... particularly about people and ; so , I was hoping to affirm for you what your Canadian heart already knows . The Big Apple is the big market which attracts the citizens of the world to make big money . In Canada , the markets are not as big here but we still have some clean air and some clean lakes and the healthy sensibility which has always helped us to weather the winter storms and the other storms which are blown in from abroad . The landscape here in Canada has yet to become as tainted as it has by the power elites in the United States . You were raised south of the border but if you search deeply enough into your heart ( especially when you are visiting in Saskatchewan ) , I am sure you shall see a beckoning and a reckoning to your roots here in Canada . Peace and good health to you … Miles from Canada .

This is one of the best interviews of Wayne I’ve ever seen 🥰, known him for 50 years

Pt 2: Totally amazing periods in sports history, as it happened, to a ENTIRE CITY, ENTIRE PROVINCE & ENTIRE COUNTRY! This Oiler Fever spread across the ENTIRE WORLD! What Wayne & the entire Oiler Team did to bring this city to the world stage, but mostly to us here in Edmonton with their love of the city & their fans is a moment in time that will never be forgotten by the city that loved them right back. It was truly a SURREAL EXPERIENCE that brings it all back still to this day, if you were Wayne or a Oiler or a regular person like myself that shared in that moment in time, at that moment in time! So COOL!

An amazing human being.

damn how has only like 7000 people seen this. this is legit amazing

I like how Wayne thanks the good LORD for his talents! Many of the greats Like Wayne and Bobby Orr ,Paul Coffey ,etc attribute their talents to a blessing from the Lord God.

@miles6593

3 жыл бұрын

You make a good observation Mark . The hockey players you referenced did , indeed , realize that they were blessed with skills which were gifts given to them from God . Their parents made sure to let their kids know that they did not want to take the gifts bestowed upon them for granted . I have met all four of the people you mentioned on several occasions and none of them is " religious " ; but they have a personal faith in God and Jesus ... as I , myself , do . Peace and good health to you ... Miles from Canada .

@whocares3591

2 жыл бұрын

Athiest play hockey too

Wayne Gretzky is all class. He is and was a great role model. I wish today's athletes were more like him. I wish he would do more public speaking. Today's kid's need to hear his humility and gratefulness to GOD for his (gifts) . Bravo Wayne.

@themig71

3 жыл бұрын

Most hockey players are amazing guys. Met Pat Lafontaine, Nicky Fotiu, John Davidson and “the big whistle” Bill Chadwick- each guy nicer than the next.

@eriklakeland3857

Жыл бұрын

@@themig71Jarome Iginla

I had the privilege of sitting down with Wayne for a few minutes a couple times. Once through work and once during a wedding. Both times he was as courteous and down to earth as you see in all his interviews. Arguably (In my mind, DEFINITELY) the greatest athlete of all-time and as good of a man as he was a hockey player. Much like your favorite band, the world is a better place because of Wayne Gretzky. Thanks for the memories 99.

He truly does emulate his own role model. Gordie was a beast on the ice truly one to be feared, but off the ice, just a humble Saskatchewan farm boy.

His stats are greatest ever and off ice he seems humble and good

@turboplazz

4 жыл бұрын

Mario Lemieux and Wilt Chamberlain are the only 2 professional athletes that come close to Gretzky's scoring feats. Gretzky was putting up over 200 points when the rest of the best of the league were scoring under 150 points (Mario Lemieux excepted)

Gretzky is classact. Amazing interview.🔥

Gretzky has the NHL record for the most NHL records !!!!!!!! BEAT THAT !!!!!!!!!!!!

@miles6593

3 жыл бұрын

Therein lies the challenge . It's only a matter of time but probably a very long time .

"If your moving , your hard to hit. If your sitting still, your a dead duck" that spoke volumes to me ✨

@macioluko9484

4 жыл бұрын

So true. This is a fact regardless of size and talent.

@themig71

3 жыл бұрын

Not entirely true- keeping your head up is far more important. Look at injuries in ice, usually both players are moving but who then hell am I to debate Wayne. God bless him, class act.

@strafer8764

3 жыл бұрын

Players didn’t play physical against Gretzky. He brought too much money to the league and they’d have to deal with the team’s enforcer

@renest.pierre2869

3 жыл бұрын

@@strafer8764 No. The League didn't do it, It was Marty McSorley why you didn't touch Gretzky. If the League really did this, they wouldn't have introduced the coincidental minors, which hurt the oiler as they were too good at 4on4 or 3on3. Also, the league wouldn't have introduced the instigating rule as well.

@miles6593

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed , Imani , … God made us to move … to keep in motion …. to always keep our bodies moving … until it is time to rest at sunset in order to regenerate our bodies . Peace and good health to you … Miles from Canada .

Such a gentleman and class act - absolutely amazing. Jack Nicklaus is also right there with him, just the best !!!

Gretzky dominated Hockey more than any other play in professional sports history

@miles6593

3 жыл бұрын

Wow , you're into big-time hero worshipping , aint ya ? The NHL dominates Wayne and the game dominates both the former and the latter . Wasn't it Gretzky who said , ' You're only as good as your last game ? ' I seem to recall that he lost his last game against the Penguins on April 18th, 1999 . He only got one point which was an assist . Not so hot ; not so dominant . What about Muhammad Ali or Pelé or Michael Jordan ???

@RCSkunkWorX

3 жыл бұрын

@@miles6593 Your kinda stupid aren't cha? Look at the NUMBERS!!!!

@miles6593

3 жыл бұрын

@@RCSkunkWorX The numbers do dominate . The numbers cannot be argued ; but there is more to how a player dominates a league or the world of sports than just the numbers .

@RCSkunkWorX

3 жыл бұрын

@Jim Wade Truth!!!

@whocares3591

2 жыл бұрын

You forgot about Bobby Orr....

I love how humble Wayne is. He got uncomfortable when Patrick read his stats!

The Great One sure brought our family so much joy over the yrs. I remember my father telling us about him when he was a kid. We couldn't wait for Hockey Night in Canada .#A Class Act!!!

The goat is so humble

How does this only have 62k views? The great one!?!?

He's such a dad. So many of his sports stories are about his kids and their sports experiences.

I just love him

Amazing interview,much Respect for Wayne Gretzky absolutely amazing Canadian Athlete.

Living legend.I started watching hockey beacuse of this man🐐🐐🐐

I LOVE YOU WAYNE. YOU ARE A GOOD MAN.

I was lucky enough to meet Wayne in person at an event in Bakersfield. He was the nicest and most humble person which is remarkable because he’s the GOAT of hockey and arguably the greatest GOAT of any sport.

🇨🇦 Legend that never disappoints. He makes us all sooo proud. 👏👏👏👍💯🥂🇨🇦

Well done Pat👍 Wayne is truly what he seems to be..I used to live a a block away from his parents..wonderful family ..all of them👌 Cincerned Canadian

As well as a fantastic player a great and special man. I like many others so respect and admire Wayne's outlook on life. Such good advice he gives for all. Wow!!!!

3 words that sums it up for me.......A LIVING LEGEND !

Great interview Pat, you kept the flow of the conversation go so well.

Congratulations on the book Gretz.

Wayne was the greatest!!! I had the awesome pleasure of watching him in his prime in Edmonton :) We were spoiled with the whole Oilers team -- they had chemistry. It was fantastic. I read the Outliers book which indicated his advantage of being born at the beginning of the year but he had so many other assets -- his desire & drive, his family, his coaches, . . .

@imilf2003

5 жыл бұрын

They were the greatest team in history.. If the Oilers could of kept that team together they would of won 10 cups or more.

@jeffreykaufmann2867

3 жыл бұрын

@@imilf2003 Gretzky said 7-9 Cups.

@miles6593

3 жыл бұрын

It was ultimately Wayne's choice in the Summer of 1988 to either stay in Edmonton or to move to L.A. Why did he decide to buckle under the pressure of the NHL's board of governors ? At that time , Wayne was just as important to the NHL as the NHL was to him . He could have opted to remain in Edmonton to foster the Canadian style of hockey within the NHL . The game is more important than the NHL . The game played at its highest level of skill and competition can be sustained without the NHL . Why did Wayne feel more in debt to the NHL than he did to the game itself ? For the goodness of the game , the Canadian way of playing the game needs to be sustained . Instead , the Canadian way of playing the game has become dominated and controlled by American franchise owners , lawyers , and agents . Wayne has to take some responsibility for that . It is time to form the new CNHL .. . the Canadian National Hockey League . We need to preserve Canadian hockey . Maybe , Wayne can help with the CNHL ? He would redeem himself amongst Canadian hockey fans . Peace and good health to you all ... Miles from Canada .

Definitely worth the watch!

Thanks for posting this video of Wayne. What a wonderful insightful conversation. Jerry West was my hero as a kid. I'm not surprised they are friends.

Pat your Channel gets better and Better. Thank you and your Team :)

That was one of the best interviews i've seen. Thank you for asking such thought out questions. I live in Brantford Ontario where Wayne is from. His dad was always involved with kids at the ice rink. Wayne really loved his Mom and Dad. I could tell Wayne loved the interview. Again, Thank you, Awesome !!!! David J

What is real endearing and an appropriate thought is that he mentioned his son-in-law (Dustin Johnson) , number one player in the world - this interview was from 3 years ago- and Dustin paid due respect to Wayne as his father in law, egos left on the roadside, and I feel this is such a great example for families in general . Good for you , Wayne. Much respect..

The Great One is a very humble man, it was great growing up in Edmonton with Wayne as a role model.

@miles6593

3 жыл бұрын

Do you think the Hollyweirdness and hobnobbing with the power elites has changed him yet ? Has he remained humble ? Will he remain humble ? What do you think ?

this should have 10 million views!

Gretzky was a superior skater. The best of the best. Without that ability it's questionable as to how good he would have been. His highlight tapes are awesome. But don't kid yourself, it was his skating ability that gave him the opportunity to excell. Greatest athlete in the history of recorded sports. Period. Exclamation point.

@jeffreykaufmann2867

4 жыл бұрын

Some people say Gretzky wasn't a great skater.

@themig71

3 жыл бұрын

Respectfully, his awareness was his best asset. Skating was great but he was not the best skater. It was his on ice vision and anticipation.

@marmalaterjones4526

3 жыл бұрын

The Larry Bird of hockey..

@whocares3591

2 жыл бұрын

His skating was little better than average...it was his hockey IQ ..He was way ahead of the Play,and read the game way better than any one...that's what made him the Best

Stories are always motivating.. So have great story at the end of your life.

@miles6593

3 жыл бұрын

Every life is a story . Every life is a story worth telling . Storytelling about a person's life is the best way to learn life's lessons . Peace and good health to you … Miles .

what a great interview! also props to the interviewer, great job 👍

This might be the greatest interview from any top tier athlete in all of sports.

I was a young stockbroker in Canada and used to go to a certain club in Winnipeg that the players went to. I remember having a beer with Dale Hawerchuk and Wayne Gretzky came over and joined us after the Friday night game. Nicest guys ever without egos both of whom are in the hall of fame. Ahhh 1980's a way better era to live in.

@ryanwilliams8390

3 жыл бұрын

That's a cool story dude i loved the jets in the 80s hawerchuck and carlyle were my favorite jets had a awsome team would of one a cup or 2 but were in the era of the mighty oilers.

@miles6593

3 жыл бұрын

You have to have a an ego to survive in this world ; it's your self-identity . Perhaps , you meant to say " Nicest guys ever without over-inflated delusional egos " ? Great story , graham , ... Hawerchuk and Gretzky influenced one another significantly in their hockey styles . Peace and good health to you ... Miles from Canada .

@davidstegne2044

3 жыл бұрын

Tijuana yacht club

@goldeye1958

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidstegne2044 the Marble Club

@goldeye1958

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidstegne2044 the Marble Club

I remember an interview with Gretzky where he was asked how he managed to to be so dedicated to the hockey and how he managed to stay at the top of his form for so long. His answer was "Because it's FUN. When I'm out there on the ice I WANT that puck. As far as I'm concerned everybody else on the ice should get their own puck. And when I'm skating down the ice with the puck on my stick I'm having more fun than you can ever imagine." It brings to mind the time I saw a comment on a video about German Shepherd Police dogs. Some animal rights zealot commented that it was cruel that these dogs should be forced to work so hard every day instead of being allowed to just be dogs. The Police K9 officer responded as follows: My German Shepherd partner lives with my family. Every morning he is up waiting at the door to go to work. I open the door and he dashes out to the police car, with his tail wagging like crazy, impatient for me to come and open the door to the car so he can jump in. On my day off, he is still waiting at the door to go to work and when I don't come to open the door he is all over me trying to get me out of bed. He whines and barks at me. I had to teach him a new command and behavior - "Day Off". Now when I give him that command you won't see a sadder dog. He hangs his head and just looks sorrowful. Passion is the key to success.

@DefeatLust

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, that's a great a story

@miles6593

3 жыл бұрын

Your comment , Robert , offers stimulating thought for digestion and discussion . You have taken one of Wayne's explanations for his dedication to the game of hockey and then illustrated his explanation with a good analogy . It's a valid way to arrive at your sound conclusion which is that " passion is the key to success " . Wayne's passion for the game arose from how the game of hockey was nurtured within him by his father , his family , his community , and his country . This is the story of the Canadian culture . Wayne exemplified the ultimate success which can be attained at the game because of his culture . As soon as he could hold a hockey stick in his hands , he was playing indoor shinny with his grandmother . As soon as he could walk by himself , he started skating on the river at his grandparents' farm ; where his father , a skilled hockey player and coach , guided him and supported wee Wayne's passion . As soon as his father built the backyard rink , he was practising his drills every day in order to develop his God-given athletic abilities . As soon as he was old enough to play in organized hockey , he joined a house league in Brantford .... even though the first level available to him consisted of kids much older and bigger than him ; but his passion for the game did not deter him from that challenge . With each step along the way , he was given the encouragement and affirmation for succeeding at each step by his father , family , community , and his country . We're talking about love going Wayne's way ... the love for the game of hockey which surrounded him and infused his soul . Every Canadian parent wants to see their young lad or lass succeed at achieving the Canadian Dream of making it into the NHL ; but every Canadian parent knows that the probability of that achievement is remote . It was no different for Walter and Phyllis Gretzky . And , yet , their first-born son's passion saw no barriers to achieving that dream . One of the barriers which prevents many young players from achieving their dream of making it into the NHL is their physical strength and size . This was a concern for Wayne growing up and for coaches and team owners ; but because of his passion and his intelligence for the game ... Wayne was able to find a way to surmount this limiting barrier . Not only was he able to make it into the NHL but he found a way to play professionally for 21 years . Wayne is indeed a living example of how an individual's passion can drive one to break through barriers . Peace and good health to you ... Miles from Canada .

@TheDatabaseDude

3 жыл бұрын

@@miles6593 Well Thank you. I never started hockey at a young enough age to ever be a good enough skater to play at a high level. In high school I played football and at university I played rugby. They are fun sports to play but they can't beat hockey for pure fun. Later in life I started playing beer league hockey and I enjoyed it immensely. So if I could enjoy it so much with my limited skating ability I can only imagine how much fun it must be with Gretzky's skills.

Patrick seems truly enamored with The Great One and I love it.

Class act all the way, cheers for the memories Wayne.

A true Canadian. Humble, family oriented and thankful. Always remember where you come from. Gretzky was my idol growing up. He taught and showed me so many things without him knowing it. I'm right handed but because of him I play left handed. Thank you great one. I hope to meet you one day.

The greatest athlete of all time!

wow amazing video loved it.

Wow cool. The first video I watched from you was the 20 rules of money. I didn't know you i'viewed the Great One. Love it.

Pure class!

One of the greatest hockey players of all time and a very humble human being!

@miles6593

3 жыл бұрын

Whenever you talk about the creative genius of Wayne Gretzky … you are talking about the creative genius of Walter Gretzky and Wayne Gretzky . The most important characteristic which Walter and which Wayne possess is their humility . Their humility shines through their creative genius in sports as well as through their other pursuits in life . They both know that God had bestowed them gifts … and they both know that those gifts were meant to be used in a good way to benefit other people and other living creatures . Peace and good health to you … Miles from Canada .

@jalphonso2

Жыл бұрын

The Greatest.

@vikotto

Жыл бұрын

“One of the greatest”….you obviously don’t know much about hockey, do you? I consider him the greatest of the four major North American sports.

@brooklynn52dee38

Жыл бұрын

@@vikotto Oh stop it!

This is a great video for young men and women to see who are about to embark on the challenges of adulthood

600+ videos and over 380,000+ subscribers. Not bad, pretty good Valuetainment and Patrick Bet-David.

1970's Central Triple A League (OMHA) Brantford was in that alignment as it was called,then,as was the city I live in about 45 minutes away.Walked into Brantford rink for away games on their ice and bunch of kids in the lobby playing hard and it was all 'Wayne this and Wayne that" to an older blonde haired guy.I remember thinking to myself,'I don;t know who this Wayne guy but he's awful popular around here." I had no idea who he was then.His brother Kieth played in my age group for Brantford even though he was playing up an age group because he was really good player,too. Didn't figure out who Wayne Gretzky was till he played for Sault Ste Marie Greyhounds.

sir you are great

23:45 this are the words of good father!!

Awesome!

Wayne said , when I got 2 goals , he wanted 4 goals , when he got 4 goals he wanted 6 goals.... But seemed to me he ALWAYS did THEM big games against my team , the MN. NORTHSTARS.....😜

@joblo6394

3 жыл бұрын

Long live the North Stars, always my team ✊🏼

I could listen to Mr. Gretzky All Day ! He speaks in a way that can be understood by all walks of life. I like that. Sometimes people talk using terminology that you feel you need a dictionary at hand to understand them. Depending on the topic I'll usually lose interest and move on. But this guy here uses language that keeps you interested to wanna know more. Including his examples of different story story topics. He hits on a little of everything. Variety is good. GOOD JOB VALUETAINMENT ON THIS VIDEO. I'm only at 17:18 of the video and felt the need to give my opinion. Thank you to Mr. Wayne Gretzky for sharing his time and stories with us.

Your really great at asking questions! Rare.

Valuetainment squad!!!!!

Come on Wayne. He didn't even get into the very first question. This guys numbers are almost hard to believe. So many numbers, stats, records and achievements but what sticks out for me are the points. The top 10 all-time point leaders in hockey are all legends, all highly skilled and respected hockey players, but Wayne....All time goal leader, all time assists leader... all time point leader. If we took away all his goals, he would still be the all time point leader with his assists alone. The great One.

@davidstegne3036

2 жыл бұрын

61 NHL records

The humble one

Man at 10 years old he was called the great one

@zprodigalson

4 жыл бұрын

Alex Torres I was similar. At ten years old I was called “The Lazy One”.

@DefeatLust

3 жыл бұрын

@@zprodigalson Hahaha, ayyy!!!

@kentmartin9289

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, he scored 378 goals and 139 assists that season alone. So he earned that nickname! Although I think he was mostly referred to as "The Great Gretzky", but maybe he was also called "The Great One".

@shredderhater

3 жыл бұрын

He scored 378 goals against 14 yr olds

@miles6593

3 жыл бұрын

The year that you're talking about Alex is 1971 when Wayne turned 10 years old in January . At that time , Wayne was playing minor hockey in the Brantford Minor Hockey Association 's Atom league . He played in the Atom league for three years with the Brantford Nadrofsky Steelers . It was in his third and final season of playing in the Atom league ( which started in September 1971 ) when he scored 378 goals and earned 139 assists in 85 games ... for a total of 517 points . The 517 points he earned during his last season in Atom meant that he earned a combined three-season total of 1000 points . One must also take into account that , at that time , in that league , periods were not 20 minutes long ; they were only 10 minutes long . One can only imagine how many more points Wayne would have accumulated over the three seasons in the Atom league if he played in 20-minute periods . And he hadn't even started to play in the PeeWee league yet . It was when Wayne was 10 years old and was starting his third season in Atom when the newspaper reporters started to show up at his minor hockey league games . A sports reporter from The Toronto Telegram travelled to Brantford in mid-October 1971 to write up a story on Wayne when he was already earning an unheard of ~ 6 points per game . The story was published in the national newspaper on Oct 28th , 1971 under the headline " No. 9 with big No. 9 aspirations " . ( Gretzky was allowed to wear Gordie Howe's number on his jersey at that time . ) That was probably the first story on Wayne Gretzky to ever appear in a major publication ... and it would not be the last . Peace and good health to you ... Miles from Canada .

This is one guy who knew where every one's stick and legs were and where the gaps were

GSP said he wanted to be just like Wayne so that he would always be proud of his own actions.👍🇨🇦❤️

Gretzky is the best man

Dauphin River First Nation Manitoba Canada 🇨🇦

I first saw Wayne play when he was about 12....I was about 14. The arena...usually empty..had like 3000 - 3500 fans coming out to watch him. There were those that thought he wasn’t a great skater...but while choppy..he was as fast as anyone on the ice...and unlike many..could stop on a dime. His shot at that age wasn’t as hard as some others...but it always found just the right place in the net where the goalie couldn’t stop it. Finally, my brother who played against him in junior...and 11 years in the NHL...always used to say that Wayne was the only guy that could start with the puck behind his own net...come all the way behind the other net ...without looking down at the puck once. No other player apparently could ever do that. That clearly made a huge difference.

I am so happy he learned to public speak!

Wendel Clark straightened Marty McSorley out pretty quickly! LOL

@CoreyJason

Жыл бұрын

Wendel set many dudes straight. I loved him. But he btfo’d Marty so perfectly! 😂

This is awesome.

When you think of the top 5 or 10 athletes of the 90's it's insane!

I'm not a hockey fan. But when Pat is doing the interview, I watch.

What a Fine Man Mr Gretzky is.

Man i love Gretzky... Need more Gretzky today, less Kanye/less McGregor..

I met him in a bar and very humble nice guy

Class act

''Failing to prepare was preparing to fail'' Gretzky senior

I just watched the '87 Canada Cup again. Gretzky didnt score a lot but was an outstanding playmaker and leader. The Russian coach said "He's invisible, he appears from nowhere, he passes to nowhere and suddenly they have another goal".

@michaelgriffiths8068

Жыл бұрын

He led the Canada Cup 87 in scoring with 21 points and won the tournament MVP.

should be mentioned that 30K Canadian in the 60's a lot. In todays money that is nearly 250K

@dscott6629

2 жыл бұрын

More like $120k, a good wage definitely, but not at all unusual. Solidly middle class. Remember this was still the era where married women were expected to stay at home and take care of the kids. Wages today are definitely inferior to the high water level that blue collar workers received in the late 60's and early 70's.

Wayne Gretzky was blessed with great parents.

As a little kid in junior, Gretzky scored over 200 goals in 1 season. That's pretty much 10 goals a game average.. insane. I grew up in Toronto and I saw a national TV special on him before he was even known touting him as the next phenom. He was about 14

@miles6593

3 жыл бұрын

Man , you need to get some facts straight before you start uttering your opinion ; otherwise , who will be able to rely on you ... for anything ? Anyway , the following information I have provided is intended to set the record straight before it becomes distorted on social media . You are referring to his third year in the BMHA Atom league when he scored 378 goals in 85 games at age 10 and 11 . That means he scored an average of 4.45 goals per game ( not 10 goals per game ) . That was the only season in which Wayne scored more than 200 goals . He wasn't playing junior hockey yet ; he was playing Atom level hockey . The interview of Wayne you are probably referring to is the one which Peter Gzowski conducted when Wayne was only 13 years old and his voice was changing . Peter Gzowski was the host of CBC Radio's " This Country in the Morning " when he interviewed Wayne , accompanied by his PeeWee hockey league coach , on March 25, 1974 . ( Go to : www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/1974-wayne-gretzky-rising-hockey-star ) The first interview which CBC Television conducted with Wayne was when Wayne was 16 years old and was playing for the Sault Ste Marie Greyhounds . That interview occurred in early November 1977 and was also conducted by Peter Gzowski . ( Gzowski is one of the best interviewers of all time . ) Incidentally , the nation had already started to know about Wayne since he was age 10 ... when he was scoring an unheard of number of points in the BMHA Atom league and the Toronto Telegram had written up a story which was published nationally on Oct 28th, 1971 . Peace and good health to you ... Miles from Canada .

@zeroceiling

3 жыл бұрын

Miles ...sounds like you got much of that right. I first saw Wayne when he was about 11...in Burlington Ontario. A kid on Burlington named Bob Goodish used to own Wayne..mainly because he was twice his side and exceptionally coordinated and a good skater....and Wayne would rarely run over Burlington like he did other teams. Goodish then went up a year for more competition and so did Gretzky...who went to Toronto to play for The Young Nats. They gave the Gretzky’s a new color TV to get him. Oddly enough...my brother got a position on the great Burlington team...only because Goodish left. Well a couple of years later my brother played against Wayne in Junior A....when Wayne played for The Greyhounds...and then played against him in the NHL 8 times a year for six years in the western conference and 11 years in the league. Goodish never made it.

@miles6593

3 жыл бұрын

Bravozulu : I like your user name . If you really are Zulu , then bravo to you because the Zulu are beautiful people . Yes , there are a lot of really good hockey players in the Ontario Juniors who never make it to the Big Show . Alot of young men's hockey dreams are quashed ... and that is a reflection of the breadth and depth of the talent pool which exists in the province of Ontario ... the world's hotbed of hockey . Walter probably instructed Wayne to watch out for Bob Goodish and to roll off his checks . Is the Burlington team you referenced one of the Junior B teams which Gretzky played against when he was playing in the Metro League with the Toronto Nationals ? I used to go to the London Gardens back in the 1970s to watch the London Knights play ... and , if I am not mistaken , Bob Goodish played for the Knights at that time ? Was he a big guy who played on defence ? I seem to recall there was a Goodish who played on defence for the London Knights . The London Knights were one of the best teams playing in the OHA at that time . That was the Junior A team that had great players on it like Dino Ciccarelli , Brad Marsh , and Rob Ramage . Dino was Wayne's rival back then . Unfortunately , I did not get a chance to see Gretzky play at the London Gardens when he played his one year for The Soo ; but I saw him playing shinny on The Nith River on a Sunday afternoon .

We had a slogan in Canada, "Keep kids in sports and out of the courts". I can say for certain that half a dozen of the players on my provincial championship hockey team in 1968 became good citizens and not delinquets because of sports.

@kentmartin9289

3 жыл бұрын

I hope that doesn't mean the other 15 or 20 players became bad citizens/delinquets! :D

@miles6593

3 жыл бұрын

Yes , John , I heard the same slogan , too . That's why we need the YMCA in the inner cities and the phys-ed classes in the school curricula ; especially in the wired-up world we're living in these days . And we need to keep the courts out of sports , too . Peace and good health to you … Miles from Canada .

@vimy1589

2 жыл бұрын

@@miles6593 yes, and biological males should have no right competing against biological girls.. not fair and defeats incentive for the girls

@miles6593

2 жыл бұрын

@@vimy1589 Yes , ... we need the YMCA , the YWCA , and the YTCA ( Young Trans Christian Association ) .

@johnkidd1226

2 жыл бұрын

@@kentmartin9289 No, I meant those ones were headed for delinquency if not for the sports.

"My dad always said"... Great words from the Great One!