There's the stutter-step retirement, in which the athlete retires only to unretire when he craves attention or needs the money.

While we discussed our exotic new family constellations (I have six brothers, three sisters - two real, four half, three step), they were rather left out and would stutter: "Mine are still together."

Take a little deep breath and say it by step by step, if you think you're going to stutter then make a distraction instead such as clearing your throat.