Time & Perspective Quote by Glenn Hoddle

“At this moment in time I did not say them things” is the athlete’s press-conference shrug turned into accidental poetry. Glenn Hoddle isn’t arguing innocence so much as bargaining with the calendar. The phrase “at this moment in time” (already comically padded) doesn’t simply locate an event; it tries to cordon off accountability. It suggests that truth is time-stamped, that a statement can be technically not-said now even if it was said then. In a media environment that never forgets, that’s a doomed strategy - and that’s exactly why it’s revealing.

The grammar does its own work. “Them things” collapses specifics into a vague pile of allegations, as if naming the claim would give it oxygen. It’s the linguistic cousin of refusing to repeat a slur or a mistake: a defensive blur meant to starve a controversy of detail. Hoddle reaches for formality (“at this moment in time”) while slipping into colloquial dodge (“them things”), a clash that signals stress and damage control. You can hear the room: microphones, reporters, the need to keep sponsors calm.

Context matters because Hoddle’s career includes a very public scandal over remarks about disability and reincarnation. Athletes aren’t trained as public philosophers; they’re trained to win, then survive the post-match interrogation. This line captures that survival instinct: not confession, not clarity, but fog. It’s less a denial than a plea for the story to move on.