# Stupid things said by athletes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-said-by-athletes/516850>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [November 8, 2009, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-said-by-athletes/516850 "2009-11-08T23:09:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-said-by-athletes/516850/1 "2009-11-08T23:09:48Z")

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We’ve had this thread about sportscasters, but the actual players can come up with some doozies too. Like Pat Angerer, Iowa linebacker, after their heartbreaking loss to Northwestern:

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> “It hurts, yes, but worse things could happen,” Angerer said as he discussed the dismaying-to-some, crushing-to-many turn of events that occurred Saturday in Kinnick Stadium.
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> “We’re not dead. No one is dead,” Angerer continued. **"We’re not at war.** We’re not away from our family and friends. It’s a football game. It’s pretty small when you think about the big picture."

Emphasis mine, of course.

Heard any good doozies lately?

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**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-said-by-athletes/516850/2 "2009-11-08T23:27:08Z")

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That’s actually a really good way to put it in perspective. Yeah, losing sucks, but not as much as it does for kids his age to be off in Iraq/istan being shot at. He probably has friends over there.

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**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-said-by-athletes/516850/3 "2009-11-08T23:53:45Z")

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I don’t get how the OP is saying something stupid either per Darth Sensitive’s post.

My contribution is Latrell Sprewell’s “I got a family to feed” contract negotiation tactic.

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**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-said-by-athletes/516850/4 "2009-11-09T00:00:46Z")

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I always fall back on a classic, Charles Shackleford, former NC State basketball player: “I can shoot with my left hand, I can shoot with my right hand, I’m amphibious.”