I should also clarify (which maybe I should have done in my comment above) that I was just referencing a snarky quote from The Sopranos, not a targeted jab at OP or anyone else in particular.
In The Sopranos, it’s used to belittle the main character Tony and comes from his uncle Junior. Tony was supposedly a good athlete in his youth, but had too many missteps to be great. So his only path in life became having to follow in his family’s footsteps with the mob. Pro sports could have been an out for him, but he never had the chance. Uncle Junior, then the most senior member of the crime family, was being gradually outmaneuvered by Tony in a series of power grabs, but he jabbed his nephew with that petty remark as a reminder that he could never become anything other than what he is, and Tony hates that.
Good perspective, I agree.
I should also clarify (which maybe I should have done in my comment above) that I was just referencing a snarky quote from The Sopranos, not a targeted jab at OP or anyone else in particular.
In The Sopranos, it’s used to belittle the main character Tony and comes from his uncle Junior. Tony was supposedly a good athlete in his youth, but had too many missteps to be great. So his only path in life became having to follow in his family’s footsteps with the mob. Pro sports could have been an out for him, but he never had the chance. Uncle Junior, then the most senior member of the crime family, was being gradually outmaneuvered by Tony in a series of power grabs, but he jabbed his nephew with that petty remark as a reminder that he could never become anything other than what he is, and Tony hates that.