NHL hockey dads: Parenting lessons from the ice

Canadian hockey legend and new grandfather Wayne Gretzky has five kids with wife Janet Gretzky, née Jones. We love what he's taught them about passion.

“I always tell my kids, ‘You know what? The biggest thing you can have in life is passion,'” he has said. “If you have a passion for going to school and becoming a doctor or if you have a passion for being a good hockey player, or a good baseball player. What happens with passion is that you take that extra step, you put in that extra work, you put in the extra time because you have a dedication and a love for it. People come up to me and say, ‘Could you tell my son how many hours you used to practise?' I say, ‘No, I can't tell them because I didn't think I was practising.'"

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