Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Waite aive mumwe wevarindi vepagedhi vakanyanya kuverengerwa mukupera kwema1980 uye mascout mazhinji akatenda kuti aive nemukana wekuve nyeredzi. Akatumidzwa zita rakanakisisa goaltender pa 1988 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships uye akatumidzwawo kumakwikwi ese-nyeredzi timu sezvo Canada yakahwina menduru yegoridhe. Akasarudzwa neChicago Blackhawks muna 1987 NHL Entry Draft
; maBlackhawks akanga atova muchinangwa naEd Belfour naDominik Hašek (kunyange zvazvo Hasek aisagona kuuya kuNorth America asina kupanduka panguva iyoyo). Nepo Waite akagamuchira huwandu hwakawanda hwekutanga mubasa rekuchengetedza kuBelfour yeChicago, naHasek achitamba mitambo makumi maviri neshanu mumwaka miviri, Waite haana kuratidza hunyanzvi hwakasimba uye akazotumirwa kuSan Jose Sharks, uye pakupedzisira Phoenix Coyotes. Mushure megore ra2001, Waite akatamba basa rake rose muGermany, achitamba kwemakore matanhatu kuERC Ingolstadt muDeutsche Eishockey Liga uye akasaina muna Ndira 2010 kuNürnberg Ice Tigers.