I think one of the great things about a football season is that you see teams play in all types of environments, and if you can’t handle one of them, you probably don’t deserve to win anyway.
BILL SIMMONSDon’t worry about what other people are doing. Worry about what you’re doing.
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I always wanted to create a site that was sports and pop culture. 30 for 30 had a big impact because I loved how that was about finding, empowering and working with these incredible directors, and I thought the same thing could work for writers.
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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.
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In 1994, nobody could have predicted ‘Shawshank’ would one day be an iconic movie – and believe me, that would never have happened if Danny Glover had been Red instead of Morgan Freeman.
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One of my favorite things about basketball is that you can’t break it down into some sort of science that makes total sense.
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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 .
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Some of the happiest moments of my life involve something that happened with one of my teams.
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If you have a privately owned system, there’s going to be monies leaving the community that will go towards shareholder dividends and high salaries.
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Don’t worry about what other people are doing. Worry about what you’re doing.
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Coffee is the highlight of my day. After coffee everything is downhill.
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I’m going the other way – sometimes, sports put everything else in perspective.
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Brook Lopez had a better game than Deron Williams
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Anytime someone calls you and identifies themselves with their full name, odds are it isn’t someone you want to talk to under any circumstances.
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Has there ever been anyone quite like Paul Pierce ? No.
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like the eighties Lakers or eighties Celtics – teams that emphasized teamwork over individualism and relied on passing as their biggest ongoing edge.
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But that’s the thing about basketball: you don’t play games on paper.
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