Hockey legend Wayne Gretzky was once upbraided for his failure to score a goal in an important game. The coach gave Gretzky some advice which would stay with him throughout his career: "You miss one hundred percent," he said, "of the shots you never take."

[In 1991, Gretzky and Los Angeles King's owner Bruce McNall teamed up to buy a 1910 Piedmont cigarette baseball card depicting Pittsburgh Pirate shortstop Honus Wagner (only 20 of which are known to exist). The price? $451,000. (A strict Southern Baptist who disapproved of smoking, Wagner's card was discontinued, at his request, before many were printed.)]