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Today's Boston Herald had a short article [link] by Karen Guregian explaining Patriots cornerback Asante Samuel's tattoo that reads "Get Rich To This." Turns out it is a quote from a Gnarls Barkley song. Samuel interprets it to mean that he will make the best out of whatever he is doing and put everything he has into it.

Samuel took a lot of heat about the tattoo after someone wrote that it said "Get Paid" and was referring to his contract status. It didn't even say that. Quite a misconception and it reminded me of another media misconception that spiraled out of control about No. 81.

A few years ago Randy Moss was quoted saying "I play when I want to play." This sounds like a terribly selfish thing to say. Well Moss did say that but it he didn't mean it the way you think.

The question asked by Sid Hartman of the Minneapolis Star & Tribune was, "Does Cris Carter get you pumped up to play games?" The full answer was actually "No, I play when I wanna play...nobody gets Randy Moss pumped up but Randy Moss."

You can figure it out yourself.