Words That I Live By

Finding a specific set of words to live by is not very easy to think about. A quote that I always heard in my life because I grew up playing hockey was a quote from Wayne Gretzky. He said “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take”. This quote instantly spoke to me from a hockey perspective because you can’t score goals if you aren’t firing pucks at the net. It was something that I always kept in the back of my head because the ultimate goal of the game is to score goals. Whether or not you are the one making the shot or not did not matter. Making plays to set up shots are just as important. But this quote also speaks to me on many different levels outside of hockey. It is basically just saying that if you don’t put yourself out there and put towards an effort you will not make it very far. If there is something you want, it not just going to be handed to you. You have to put forth an effort and make it happen. Nothing in this world is just handed to people anymore. For example I wanted to go to the University of Dayton for years and I had to make sure I kept my grades up and got good test scores. If I wouldn’t have put forth the effort I would not be where I am today. This quote is so simple, yet so inspiration because it reminds you that the little things you are doing each day are going to pay off in the end.