Soccer Coach Asked about Coronavirus, Gives Great Response

Soccer coach Jurgen Klopp was asked by a reporter about the coronavirus, and his response was a master class in humility.

“What I don’t like in life is that for a very serious thing, a football manager’s opinion is important. I really don’t understand it,” he said.  “It’s not important what famous people say. People with no knowledge like me talking about it…people with knowledge should be the ones telling people what to do. Not football managers. I don’t understand politics, the coronavirus. Why me? I wear a baseball cap. I’m concerned like everyone else. I live on this planet and I want it to be safe and healthy, I wish everybody the best, absolutely. But my opinion on coronavirus is not important.”

What a refreshing answer!  How much better would our public discourse be if people showed this amount of candor and said, simply, “I don’t know” instead of having to shoot off a hot take every time a microphone or keyboard is stuck in front of them.

Kudos to you, Coach Klopp, for this very timely lesson.

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— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) March 4, 2020

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