{"id":15932,"date":"2012-06-18T11:46:11","date_gmt":"2012-06-18T15:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=15932"},"modified":"2012-06-18T11:46:11","modified_gmt":"2012-06-18T15:46:11","slug":"words-of-wisdom-from-wayne-gretzky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/words-of-wisdom-from-wayne-gretzky\/","title":{"rendered":"Words of Wisdom From Wayne Gretzky"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m not much of a sports fan, but there are a few athletes who impress me. One is basketball Hall-of-Famer Walt “Clyde” Frazier, who is one of my official style icons<\/a>. Now I’ve added hockey great Wayne Gretzky to my list of people who give good advice. I was struck by one of his classic quotes the other day:<\/p>\n

“I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.”<\/em><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Seems like that worked out well for him, right?<\/p>\n

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Gretzky with Stanley Cup. Click for photo source.<\/p><\/div>\n

Then gorgeous blogger Audi of Fashion for Nerds <\/a>pointed out this one:<\/p>\n

“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Time to stop living in the past and take risks! With Wayne Gretzky as my life coach, I’m sure to wind up swinging a hockey stick in a pool for a Nickelback video<\/a> sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n

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And that looks like a lot of fun to me! <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m not much of a sports fan, but there are a few athletes who impress me. One is basketball Hall-of-Famer Walt “Clyde” Frazier, who is one of my official style icons. Now I’ve added hockey great Wayne Gretzky to my list of people who give good advice. I was struck by one of his classic…<\/p>\n

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