Listen to the pros on locker-room talk. Not a politician.

After recent derogatory slurs directed toward women, Donald Trump attempted to defend himself. In his own words, via a video posted on his Twitter feed:

“This was locker-room talk. I'm not proud of it. I apologized to my family, I apologized to the American people. Certainly I'm not proud of it but this is locker room talk.”

Trump’s defense is invalid because he never even went into the intricacies of what real “locker-room talk” actually is. As a result, real athletes who are parts of real locker rooms every day across professional sports came firing back with abandon, along with insights into what actually happens behind closed doors.

There is no doubt that some crude things are said in the privacy of locker rooms, or any private dwelling for the matter. If each and every person had a microphone on them for their whole lives, I’m sure they have all said some ugly remarks they would not want repeated. Athletes are humans, just like us, and they have joked about messing with women before in locker rooms, but not on the level Trump did. Athletes acknowledged that, but not without rightfully scolding Trump.

NBA superstar for the Cleveland Cavaliers LeBron James, who has publicly endorsed Hillary Clinton for president, responded to Trump’s comments with a beautiful answer.

“What is locker room talk to me? It's not what that guy said. We don't disrespect women in no shape or fashion in our locker rooms. That never comes up. I've got a mother-in-law, my mom, a wife and a daughter and those conversations just don't go on in our locker room,” James stated at a press conference.

James is a very influential sports voice on all kinds of social matters, most notably his wonderful, solemn speech before the start of this year’s ESPYs concerning violence against blacks. His obvious disgust in Trumps comments and his strong support for women is admirable.

Washington defensive lineman Ricky Jean-Francois hilariously mocked Trump’s comments, making a reference to a popular NFL video game.

“Before Donald Trump talks about what happens in a locker room, let me ask this: When did he ever take a snap other than Madden? Donald Trump doesn't know what he's talking about,” Jean-Francois said.

Jean-Francois, while no superstar, is a great man who recently flew over to Haiti and provided tons of goods for all the suffering people.

Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Doug Baldwin was extremely thoughtful with his response as well. He admitted that some unflattering comments may be said about women from time to time in the locker room, but nothing ever approaches the magnitude of Trump’s comments.

“Have I heard things like that in the locker room? Not that aggressive. Again, locker-room talk, it can be aggressive sometimes. But I don’t think I’ve heard- ever heard- anything like that. He’s not in the locker room. He’s not in a violent sport. So I don’t know if he really knows what locker-room talk is. It’s not that, I can tell you that,” Baldwin said from his locker room.

Baldwin’s teammate, outspoken All-Pro defensive lineman Michael Bennett, was just as appalled as anyone. Bennett is a huge woman’s rights supporter, and he lashed out.

“As a parent of [three] daughters I felt like, I was irate. Locker-room talk? I don’t even know if that’s locker-room talk, though. That was kind of crazy to be talking about a woman like that. Women are so important. Without women none of us would be here. So you can’t disrespect women at all. That stuff that’s going on, it’s terrible,” Bennett said.

Bennett, who also works out here at Beverly during the offseason (I’ve said hi to him on the track, super cool dude), is one of the most outspoken players in pro sports. He rips anyone he wants to who deserves it, but not for the sake of just doing so. He is articulate with his answers, giving them more credibility.

As Kansas City Chiefs receiver Chris Conley posted on Twitter, he and most other sports players have never witnessed such words spoken about women that way.

“Have I been in every locker room? No. But the guys I know and respect don't talk like that. They talk about girls but not like that. Period,” Conley tweeted.

Trump makes so many outlandish statements that they all just wash over themselves, which has made it hard to pinpoint and focus on one wrongdoing. It has so far worked in his favor; look at Hillary, who cannot escape questions over her email scandal just because that is her only “scandal”. His latest “grab” statement though, is a notch of cruelness above the others, and it is getting the attention it deserves.

It is pretty obvious Trump has no idea what he is talking about (I could end the sentence there) concerning locker-room talk. Just a couple days ago, he openly asked what the big ideas about concussions were, claiming they were only “dings on the head” and that players are not as tough as they used to be, which is of course wrong.

Concussions are the scariest injuries in sports. More so than ACL tears and ruptured achilles, since those, while devastating physically, don’t make your brain an eggplant when you turn 50.

While we all place pro athletes on pedestals, they are still human beings just like us. Their relevant and trustworthy thoughts on what real locker room-talk is provides justification that Trump is misinformed, and that athletes are really cool and really intelligent dudes.