We’ve known for about a week now that San Jose Sharks bearded wonders Joe Thornton and Brent Burns would be featured in ESPN The Magazine’s 2017 edition of The Body Issue.
Brent Burns, Joe Thornton, and their beards gave us an iconic ‘ESPN Body Issue’ cover
And some amazing quotes.
What we didn’t know until Friday morning was that they’d be on the damn cover, in all of their bearded, naked glory.
That, itself, is incredible. But so are some of the quotes in the subsequent ESPN interview. We’ve pulled a couple of them just to point out how hilarious Burns is:
Burns: “I bet Joe has been training hard for this thing to get his body jacked. Me? I just got back from 10 days at Disney eating funnel cakes and ice cream with my kids.”
Burns, about Thornton: “There was a pretty popular picture of us walking around Pittsburgh, and he had his shirt off. He’s a nudist.”
Burns: “But the dentistry, the beards and the butts: Those are the defining parts of a hockey player.”
Burns, on his beard: “I’ve got eggs from last week in this thing.”
Be sure to head over to ESPN and read the whole Q&A. It’s funny, but it also holds good insight into how daunting staying fit for hockey can be in the NHL.
(H/T ESPN.com)
