As a child, I would see football games on TV and wonder how the players got such large shoulders. They seemed like Hulks to me. It was not until I saw a player remove his jersey, a few years later, that I discovered the truth. Shoulder pads!!! Whew!!!
A childhood belief about sport

others believed things like this
- When I was little, I used to believe that football players really had shoulders that big.— Angie
- When I was a kid, I used to think that the only way you could play football was if you had giant shoulders.— Sam
- I used to think that the Hunchback of Notre Dame was a football player.— Wendy
- I used to believe that a hat trick in football was achieved when a player scored a goal with their head!— Andy
- I used to think that ponies were young horses. I was embarrasingly old when I discovered the truth.— Al's view of the world
- i used to think that ozzy osbourne was a hockey player, and i thought michael jackson was a basketball player.— anastacia beeverhousen