I played everything. I played lacrosse, baseball, hockey, soccer, track and field. I was a big believer that you played hockey in the winter and when the season was over you hung up your skates and you played something else.
Source: The Gretzky Interview with SLAM! Readers, 27 Nov 1996.
-- Wayne Gretzky, (Jan 26 1961-____), Canadian ice-hockey player; He became perhaps the greatest player in the history of the National Hockey League (NHL); first player to win the MVP Hart Trophy 8 years in a row.