I know what’s meant and yet I also see it as a double negative. Cancelling out the double negative reads you hit all the shots you take. And that ain’t so.
The original quote was by Walter Gretzky, the father of a journeyman hockey player of minor consequence named Wayne Gretzky. Junior was just parroting his Dad on tv. ;-)
BE THIS GUY 4 months ago
Then might as well fail trying.
BasilBruce 4 months ago
What if he takes pills instead of shots?
Picccaaaaso 4 months ago
I don’t think Pig gets the point of that saying…
pearlsbs 4 months ago
You fail at everything that you don’t try.
That’s not to say that you should try everything. But don’t complain about not succeeding in something that you didn’t even try.
syzygy47 4 months ago
I know what’s meant and yet I also see it as a double negative. Cancelling out the double negative reads you hit all the shots you take. And that ain’t so.
einarbt 4 months ago
And now Pig is talking to Rat, wonder how discouraged Pig wants to get.
enigmamz 4 months ago
Well, I take a lesson from the lottery instead: You can’t lose if you don’t play.
Algolei I 4 months ago
Like I told my father many years ago, “I didn’t fail Calculus! I didn’t even try !”
iggyman 4 months ago
“Nothing ventured, Nothing gained”!
rekam Premium Member 4 months ago
Love the way Pig’s ears are reversed when he’s talking to Rat.
daDoctah1 4 months ago
Of course he’s discouraging. That’s how you know he’s wise.
Troglodyte 4 months ago
Ignore him, Pig. After all, he’s just a wise @$$
Imagine 4 months ago
I especially miss the vodka shots I don’t take.
Count Olaf Premium Member 4 months ago
The Count likes how the Wise Asp is right leaning. Take a Hint and Find a Clue, lowly unworthies. ;)
Ellis97 4 months ago
Some things aren’t worth trying at all.
Croc Holliday 4 months ago
From the encouraging folks at Despair dot com,
You’ll always miss 100% of the shots you don’t take, and, statistically speaking, 99% of the shots you do.
Egrayjames 4 months ago
One man’s ‘’Wise Arss on the Hill’’ is another man’s ‘’Dumb Arss on a pile of Manure’’.
markkahler52 4 months ago
Frankly, I’m glad we can’t type “Wise A*s” in the Comment Section…
Doug K 4 months ago
Actually (literally), you can’t miss a shot that you don’t take.
[More literally, (it should be something like): While you may miss, you don’t have a chance to make a shot if you don’t take a shot.]
Goat from PBS 4 months ago
Wise donkey, or NBA legend?
DaBump Premium Member 4 months ago
I know the feeling, Pig. The wise donkey should have just sung “The Roses of Success!”
VICTOR PROULX 4 months ago
Well said Pig.
ladykat 4 months ago
If you don’t try, you’ll never succeed.
Snolep 4 months ago
We’ve never failed to fail, it’s the easiest thing to. CS&N
NELS BALWIT Premium Member 4 months ago
Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly. Do the best you can, but if it is not perfect so what? Next time you might get better.
sarah413 Premium Member 4 months ago
Wayne Gretzky.
Mopman 4 months ago
- Wayne Gretzky
- Michael ScottLarry S 4 months ago
Trying is the first step towards failure.
Zebrastripes 4 months ago
The wise-a$$ isn’t so encouraging
elgrecousa Premium Member 4 months ago
Lately Pig is bouncing between being brainy to being his old stupid self. Can’t tell what’s going on.
Jimmyk939 4 months ago
The original quote was by Walter Gretzky, the father of a journeyman hockey player of minor consequence named Wayne Gretzky. Junior was just parroting his Dad on tv. ;-)
Bilan 4 months ago
You may miss 100% of the shots you don’t take, but at least you don’t look like you failed.
raybarb44 4 months ago
“Do or not do. There is no try.” Yoda…….
christelisbetty 4 months ago
Well Pig, get a home on the range….where never is heard, a discouraging word.
willie_mctell 4 months ago
Or you don’t miss any. It’s a perspective thing.
Otis Rufus Driftwood 4 months ago
Not the point, Pig.
Sisyphos 4 months ago
Wise up, Pig, and ditch the Wise A$$….
wildlandwaters 4 months ago
I could be mistaken, but is the old wise guy sitting on a huge pile of dung???
Laurie Stoker Premium Member 4 months ago
Oh, Pig. [sigh] You’re so cute.
BobCaldwell1 4 months ago
I think he missed the point.
alantain 3 months ago
When I want to try something new, I think about who is going to care if I don’t get it right. If the answer is myself, I go for it!