Corwin jokes about Gretzky not ever lifting the puck. I don’t think I’ve seen a highlight of that either. His reasoning is that goaltending in the 1980s was poor, so it was easier to score.

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An allusion to the sport of ice hockey, attributed to famed player Wayne Gretzky who reported he was taught: “Skate to where the puck is going, not where it has been.”

Wayne Gretzky

The problem with that was summed up brilliantly by hockey Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky: “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” In other words, you can’t succeed unless you try. And that means you have to take action. It doesn’t have to be a huge step.

Skate to Where the Puck is Going – Position for the Future to Achieve a Competitive Edge. Fans of hockey or readers of business magazines have no doubt heard a famous quote often attributed to hockey legend Wayne Gretzky: Skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.

Ice hockey star Wayne Gretzky famously said, “I skate to where the puck is going, not where it has been.” It’s a popular quote because it vividly illustrates something that everyone wants to do, but may not understand how.

Why is it called a puck? The various suggestions are: from the Scottish Gaelic puc or the Irish poc, meaning “to poke, punch or deliver a blow” from the old English word “pouke” which means “devil,” “evil spirit,” – note; the “Puck” was a mischievous Satyre spirit in Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”.

Goodfellow was, as far as historians are aware, a native British spirit who personified the medieval character of the ‘Puck’. His unusual name reflected the popular reference to fairies as the ‘good people’, which symbolised their love of flattery despite their mischievous nature.

Translation for word Puck in Tagalog is : pak.