Considering how badly Roger Clemens has a propensity to mangle the English language, it's not really all that surprising that Andy Pettite may have "misremembered" or "misheard" what the Rocket may or may not have said on any given occasion. But he's not the only one who can sometimes get people's words mixed up.
Please allow me to present a collection of other sports personalities' quotes which may or may not have been what they actually said:
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Pat Knight, son of now-retired college basketball coaching legend Bob Knight and new head coach at Texas Tech, after gaining his first collegiate coaching win in an upset over Kansas State:
"Sure it was great to get a win, but I haven't had a chance to throw a single chair yet or even berate an official or a player. This head coaching stuff is turning out to be a lot more boring than I thought."
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Pedro Martinez, after a video began circulating that showed the New York Mets pitcher, along with Hall of Famer Juan Marichal, attending a cockfight in the Dominican Republic in which one of the birds apparently died:
"I was invited to attend a 'cockfight' and I thought it would be something exciting and different. It turns out it was just birds fighting. Who knew?"
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Michael Vick, after a video began circulating that showed New York Mets pitcher Pedro Martinez, along with Hall of Famer Juan Marichal, attending a cockfight in the Dominican Republic in which one of the birds apparently died:
"Where is this 'Dominican Republic' place? And do they have dogs?"
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Josh Booty, former NFL quarterback, after being shot with a Taser by sheriff's deputies in California following a traffic stop in which the deputies said he became belligerent and uncooperative:
"I didn't say anything! Don't Tase me, bro!"
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Hal Brotheim, California Highway Patrol spokesperson, on the circumstances surrounding Josh Booty's arrest:
"After being Tased, he was fully compliant." - Note: This is an actual quote, and may well be the winner of this year's "It Goes Without Saying" award.
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Roger Clemens, former (and perhaps current) big league pitcher, after discovering his wife Debbie had been injected with HGH without his knowledge (wink wink, nudge nudge) prior to a magazine photo shoot in 2003:
"Oh, that explains it. One day she looked like Roseanne Barr after All You Can Eat day at the local Krispie Kreme, and the next you could crush a beer can on her abs. She was scary, really. I was afraid she was going to bend me over her knee and spank me which I would normally have no problem with, except my butt was so sore from that palpable mass that I couldn't even sit down."
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