| wayne Gretzky hasbeen called "thegreatest athlete ofthe twentieth ten-tury"--a judgment that may notbe all that exaggerated. USAToday readers voted him thefourth greatest in this century--behind Muhammad Ali, BabeRuth, and Jim Thorpe. In fact,what this skinny, blue-eyed der-vish can do with a puck and stickmay never be seen again. Thelegendary Gordie Howe set theall-time NHL scoring record intwenty-six seasons. WayneGretzky smashed it in ten. Yet this superstar may berenowned as much for his mod-esty and easy humor, for his team-work, leadership, and exemplarysportsmanship in a rough game,as for any of the records he s bro-ken. Now, in his characteristicallyeasy and direct style, Gretzky tellshis life story: the values instilledby his close-knit family, the joysas well as the pain and lonelinessthat accompanied his phenome-nal success as a young player. Welearn how he turned his naturalgifts into extraordinary skillswith the help and encouragementof his father and through his ownpersistent, dedicated effort. Hewrites candidly about his careerwith the Edmonton Oilers, theteam he captained to four Stanley |
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