Oh I agree with that notion, it's just hard to get a lot out of stats without a large volume of it and a lot of other types of math as tools. Some are pre-requisites, while others are simply useful for applying in conjunction/situationally.

I still feel like calculus is one of the more valuable types of math. It really does teach you a lot, but like anything, it requires a good teacher. I find it all ties together for me in the end, like when doing graphics programming and games, I use a lot of trig, geometry, algebra, and calculus even, and stats some (and even more for business-type stuff).