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		F_J_H on Nov 5, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How Entrepreneurs Can Create Their Own Luck What a great post. Being Canadian, something didn't sit right with me with the Gretzky quote. I think the corrected version "skate to where the puck is going to be" is likely what the author meant. Here are two of Gretzky's actual quotes: "A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be." and "I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been." Another one of my favorite Gretzky quotes - "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take."

shaggyfrog on Nov 5, 2011 [–]

The mis-quote stuck out for me, too. "Skating to where the puck is", is actually exactly what Gretzky was saying not to do.

It threw me off the entire piece -- as soon as I see something fundamental so totally wrong, I find it hard to concentrate on the rest of the message.

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