Kammala wannan magana: Waite yana daya daga cikin masu tsaron gida mafi girma a ƙarshen shekarun 1980 kuma yawancin 'yan kallo sun yi imanin cewa yana da damar zama tauraruwa. An kira shi mafi kyawun mai tsaron gida a gasar 1988 na Junior Ice Hockey Championship kuma an kuma kira shi zuwa ga tawagar tauraron dan wasa yayin da Kanada ta lashe lambar zinare. Chicago Blackhawks ne suka zaɓe shi a
1987 NHL Entry Draft; Blackhawks sun riga sun zurfafa a cikin manufa tare da Ed Belfour da Dominik Hašek (ko da yake Hasek ba zai iya zuwa Arewacin Amirka ba tare da ya ɓace a lokacin). Duk da yake Waite ya sami mafi yawan farawa a matsayin madadin Belfour don Chicago, tare da Hasek yana wasa wasanni 25 kawai a cikin yanayi 2, Waite bai nuna ƙwarewa mai ƙarfi ba kuma daga baya aka tura shi zuwa San Jose Sharks, kuma daga ƙarshe Phoenix Coyotes. Bayan 2001, Waite ya buga sauran ayyukansa a Jamus, yana wasa shekaru shida don ERC Ingolstadt a cikin Deutsche Eishockey Liga kuma ya sanya hannu a watan Janairun 2010 don Nürnberg Ice Tigers.