58 Quotes by Bill Simmons

One of my favorite things about basketball is that you can’t break it down into some sort of science that makes total sense.

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.

You never know when true greatness is lurking around the corner. Just make sure you don’t forget the ones who already lurked.

I pride myself as being a very supportive parent. I go to my daughter’s soccer games. I hit most of them. I try to go to all of them.

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.

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.

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.

I am old enough to remember every Red Sox season since 1975. Baseball is long. Baseball takes forever. It’s day in, day out, for six solid months – seven if you’re lucky. Winning is always fun.

Brook Lopez had a better game than Deron Williams.