# Help me find a quote. Or come up with one yourself! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 28, 2012, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-quote-or-come-up-with-one-yourself/639135 "2012-10-28T15:25:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![IceQube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@IceQube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IceQube)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-quote-or-come-up-with-one-yourself/639135/1 "2012-10-28T15:25:03Z")
I need quote similar to “We miss 100% of the shots we don’t try.” Or come up with a witty way to express this truth yourself 🆒. I just feel that “we miss 100% …” is cliched. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-quote-or-come-up-with-one-yourself/639135/2 "2012-10-28T15:35:11Z")
You’ll always miss 100% of the shots you don’t take, and, statistically speaking, 99% of the shots you do. [sub]stolen from [despair.com](http://despair.com)[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![boozilu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@boozilu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boozilu)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-quote-or-come-up-with-one-yourself/639135/3 "2012-10-28T15:45:12Z")
You’ve got to be in it to win it! ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-quote-or-come-up-with-one-yourself/639135/4 "2012-10-28T15:58:07Z")
Can’t win if you don’t play. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-quote-or-come-up-with-one-yourself/639135/5 "2012-10-28T18:50:33Z")
If you never try, you can’t possibly win. ---
**Author:** ![dimmy\_derko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/43a26b/32.png) [@dimmy\_derko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dimmy_derko)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-quote-or-come-up-with-one-yourself/639135/6 "2012-10-28T18:58:31Z")
There’s no prizes for non-entrants. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-quote-or-come-up-with-one-yourself/639135/7 "2012-10-28T19:03:35Z")
Gotta be in it to win it. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-quote-or-come-up-with-one-yourself/639135/8 "2012-10-28T21:27:48Z")
We state the totally bleeding obvious for no apparent reason. Because we believe everyone else to be totally thick. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-quote-or-come-up-with-one-yourself/639135/9 "2012-10-28T21:35:02Z")
Fuck me, how did he miss that? ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-quote-or-come-up-with-one-yourself/639135/10 "2012-10-29T02:39:29Z")
The first step to succeeding is trying. -D/a ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-quote-or-come-up-with-one-yourself/639135/11 "2012-10-29T03:04:36Z")
They say you can’t fail if you don’t try. But failure to try is far worse than trying and failing. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-quote-or-come-up-with-one-yourself/639135/12 "2012-10-29T05:22:26Z")
Nice try, looser! ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-quote-or-come-up-with-one-yourself/639135/13 "2012-10-29T05:55:45Z")
“We are prepared to vote against all earmarks requested by us.”-U.S. Senator \_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_ **, ®-**. _(edited for anonymity_) ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-quote-or-come-up-with-one-yourself/639135/14 "2012-10-29T06:18:17Z")
Mine—If you don’t want to do something, you’ll find an excuse. If you do want to do something, you’ll find a way. ---
**Author:** ![Dereknocue67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6de8d8/32.png) [@Dereknocue67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dereknocue67)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-quote-or-come-up-with-one-yourself/639135/15 "2012-10-29T08:34:44Z")
How about: If you feel the need to come up with a motivational catch phrase, get a new team. ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-quote-or-come-up-with-one-yourself/639135/16 "2012-10-29T10:14:04Z")
Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all - Tennyson “Success is like anything worthwhile. It has a price. You have to pay the price to win and you have to pay the price to get to the point where success is possible. Most important, you must pay the price to stay there.” - Vince Lombardi Winners never quit and quitters never win. - Vince Lombardi Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you’re willing to pay the price. - Vince Lombardi All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. - Ralph Waldo Emerson I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day. - Abraham Lincoln Read more at [http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/abrahamlin161741.html#wtvLhm0IE5gg7gSA.99](http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/abrahamlin161741.html#wtvLhm0IE5gg7gSA.99)