SPORTS: Dante Culpepper, Quarterback and Gandhi Quoter
Dante Culpepper, a quarterback for the Miami Dolphins National Football League team, was cut from the club on today. That wouldn't make SAJAforum, except that he quoted Mahatma Gandhi in his press statement.
Culpepper said his attorneys alerted him of the news Monday night. "As I was going through this process, I heard about a quote by Gandhi that best expresses my thoughts about this victory," Culpepper said in an e-mailed statement. "He said, 'First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win.'."
Can't say I have ever noticed a U.S. sports star quoting Gandhi.
Am not sure if that's the exact wording of the original quote, but according to Google, there are 90,000 references to Gandhi quotes using the phrase "ridicule you," but there are 225,000 references on the web to that quote, using "laugh at you" instead: "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you. Anyone know what the exact original quote is, and in what context Gandhi said it? Post your answers below.
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