3 Quotes & Sayings By Bill Simmons

Bill Simmons is a sports journalist and author. He was a contributing editor at ESPN The Magazine and Sports Illustrated. He is the founder of the Grantland Network, a sports and pop culture site, and host of the Emmy Award-winning podcast Any Given Wednesday. His book, Now I Can Die In Peace, was released in October 2013.

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You always hear that tragedies put sports in perspective, that they prove we shouldn't care this much about the successes and failures of a bunch of wealthy strangers. I'm going the other way - sometimes, sports put everything else in perspective. Bill Simmons
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There's a tipping point that happens with soccer in which you just kinda get it. I was drawn to it because the best soccer teams play similarly to my favorite basketball teams - like the eighties Lakers or eighties Celtics - teams that emphasized teamwork over individualism and relied on passing as their biggest ongoing edge. Bill Simmons