 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Waite aive mumwe wevarindi vepagedhi vakanyanya kuverengerwa mukupera kwema1980 uye mascout mazhinji akatenda kuti aive nemukana wekuve nyeredzi. Akadanwa kuti ndiye akanga ari muchengeti wepagedhi akanakisisa pa 1988 World Junior Ice Hockey Championshipsuye akatumidzwawo zita kumakwikwi evatambi vose sezvo Canada yakakunda menduru yegoridhe. Akasarudzwa neChicago Blackhawks mu1987 NHL Entry Draft; maBlackhawks akanga atova nechinangwa chakadzika neEd Belfour naDominik Hašek kunyange zvazvo Hasek aisagona kuuya kuNorth America pasina kuputsa 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. 