Quotes About Missing Shots

#1. He was amused by their 'ass stories' (histoires de cul) told over morning coffee at noon about their exploits the night before.

Edmund White

#2. I love that sound,' he mumbled into her hair. 'Blackbirds at dawn.'
'I hate it. Makes me think I've done something I'll regret.

David Nicholls

#3. I miss all the shots I don't take.

Wayne Gretzky

#4. I've never been a feminist.

Dolly Parton

#5. Long shots almost always miss the mark.

Peter Lynch

#6. Kazemi has to understand that nobody is going to tell him he has to go back to Iran if he misses a shot.

Bill Walton

#7. You never make any of the shots you never take. 87% of the ones you do take, you'll miss too. I make 110% of my shots.

Larry Bird

#8. If a man would make his world large, he must be always making himself small.

G.K. Chesterton

#9. The only shot I ALWAYS miss, is the one I don't take!

Wayne Gretzky

#10. My mother was good at that, making people feel normal. Safe. Like as long as she was there, nothing truly bad could happen.

Jenny Han

#11. There was never any fear for me, no fear of failure. If I miss a shot, so what?

Michael Jordan

#12. I love my brother, and I respect his service, i haven't been in Washington ... ever. I'm not part of Washington.

George W. Bush

#13. My wife and I don't compete. We know each other's preferences, and we work to provide those for each other. One will take over when the other is faced with something he or she dislikes. That's what friends do.

Matthew McConaughey

#14. Racism doesn't know color, death doesn't know age, and pain doesn't know might.

Jacqueline Woodson

#15. I'm looking for activity. I put players in and take them out based on effort and defense, not making or missing shots

Doc Rivers

#16. Stevie Wonder could make one of 23 shots. - On North Carolina missing 22 of its last 23 shots in losing to Georgetown in the NCAA tournament.

Charles Barkley

#17. We never look at just one thing; we are always looking at the relation between things and ourselves.

John Berger

#18. I miss 100% of the shots I don't take.

Wayne Gretzky

#19. Martin Scorsese is doing a 3D movie (Hugo Cabret). A lot of amazing filmmakers are. Not just the obvious of Jim Cameron, but Spielberg is doing it and Peter Jackson has worked in it. In the hands of those types of people, it will just keep getting better and better.

Rob Letterman

#20. You miss every shot you don't take.

Wayne Gretzky

#21. My job is not to scream and yell, my job is to cheer you and be positive. If you miss four shots, I'm still going to pass to you.

Jason Kidd

#22. I'm human. I'm going to miss shots, ... When I miss four (in a row), I've got to feel I can make the fifth one.

Raymond Felton