What does this quote mean? ?

Question

All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things.

Bobby Knight

Answer 1

sounds really dumb .. but I think it means that we all start around the same time. But some of us really push ourselves to achieve bigger and better things  

Answer 2

It means either A) that some people never get past the level they are in grade 2.  or B) that he's disparaging  "writers" who haven't progressed past grade 2 when we ALL learned to write

Answer 3

He's insulting writers.  Since children learn to write in the second grade, you'd expect that they graduate on to more challenging tasks.  He's basically insinuating that writers have the intelligence of second-graders.

Answer 4

He is insulting writers in his very cynical way. Most go on to greater things and then there are those that are  just dumb as a bag of rocks.

Answer 5

Context: This is a jab at sports writers.

Bobby Knight is known for his temper and saying what is on his mind.   This is a good example of that!

Answer 6

I think it means that the people all use to be the same on level ground with no advantagess or disadvantages and then later some people are better than others even if they started from the same place.  

Answer 7

most start out with the same things in life. it doesn't mean that writers are dumb and not smart .some go further with their writing than others .they learn to tell stories and make people believe that they are somewhere else and away from their troubles which is a good thing. BASIC things are good but if you have the desire to do better things then the BASICs then you will go on to do better things. we cant sit around and do BASIC things and expect that great things will happen to us.we have to work at things and do great things with them.if you want to be a doctor you just cant know how to put on band aids and save people's lives you have to wok hard at getting a good education to get where you can save their lives.you can learn how to turn a s***w  but don think that you can build a car ,a building , a ship  or anything else by turning a s***w. YOU GET WHAT YOU PUT  INTO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IN LIFE.DON EXPECT THAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HAND OVER ANYTHING WITH YOU DOING SOMETHING.