Coffee is the highlight of my day. After coffee everything is downhill. — Bill Simmons Coffee Copy Share Image
Writing is like playing golf - you have to keep working at your swing. — Bill Simmons Golf Copy Share Image
But that's the thing about basketball: you don't play games on paper. — Bill Simmons Basketball Copy Share Image
“If you don't agree with me, I have two words for you: shut the fuck up.” — Bill Simmons Debate Copy Share Image
Don't worry about what other people are doing. Worry about what you're doing. — Bill Simmons Fear Copy Share Image
The NBA and NHL have different agendas: The NBA is much more protective of its players and its brand; the NHL has… — Bill Simmons Agendas Copy Share Image
I think one of the great things about a football season is that you see teams play in all types of environments,… — Bill Simmons Copy Share Image
Anytime someone calls you and identifies themselves with their full name, odds are it isn't someone you want to talk to under… — Bill Simmons Copy Share Image
In 1994, nobody could have predicted 'Shawshank' would one day be an iconic movie - and believe me, that would never have… — Bill Simmons Copy Share Image
One of my favorite things about basketball is that you can't break it down into some sort of science that makes total… — Bill Simmons Basketball Copy Share Image
I pride myself as being a very supportive parent. I go to my daughter's soccer games. I hit most of them. I… — Bill Simmons Children Copy Share Image
We don't realize how much the NFL is quietly drifting towards flag football. During the '80s, part of the defense's goal was… — Bill Simmons Copy Share Image
I am old enough to remember every Red Sox season since 1975. Baseball is long. Baseball takes forever. It's day in, day… — Bill Simmons Baseball Copy Share Image
The hardest achievement in acting - in my opinion, anyway - is nailing a role that absolutely nobody else could have played.… — Bill Simmons Copy Share Image
I want the 'Book of Basketball' to do well if only so I can shop an absolutely ridiculous topic for my next… — Bill Simmons Copy Share Image
I started my Twitter account for selfish reasons: I wanted to have a place to post updates on my book signing tour… — Bill Simmons Copy Share Image
If you had told me in 1997 that even 5 people would be waiting online for me to sign my new book… — Bill Simmons Copy Share Image
The best under-the-radar rivalry is Dodgers-Giants. I had no idea how deep that one was until I moved to California... that one… — Bill Simmons Copy Share Image
Our favorite teams bring people together, keep family members close, bond people from different generations. Some of the happiest moments of my… — Bill Simmons Athletes Copy Share Image
Our favorite teams bring people together, keep family members close, bond people from different generations. Some of the happiest moments of my… — Bill Simmons Copy Share Image
I graduated college in 1992 and didn't reach a sizable audience with my column for nine solid years. If I had started… — Bill Simmons Audience Copy Share Image
First impressions matter more in basketball than in any other sport, and they can be savored only in person. Players can't hide… — Bill Simmons Copy Share Image
There's a tipping point that happens with soccer in which you just kinda get it. I was drawn to it because the… — Bill Simmons Basketball Copy Share Image
You always hear that tragedies put sports in perspective, that they prove we shouldn't care this much about the successes and failures… — Bill Simmons Copy Share Image
If you have a privately owned system, there's going to be monies leaving the community that will go towards shareholder dividends and… — Bill Simmons Communication Copy Share Image
When I was in elementary school, we had the kid who threw chairs, the kid who stuttered, and the kid who went… — Bill Simmons Copy Share Image
Leaders thrive when they feel creatively empowered, when they trust the people around them, when their confidence is swelling. Leaders make mistakes… — Bill Simmons Copy Share Image
Why should it matter to us when wrestlers are found dead in their beds or seen limping around on two fake hips?… — Bill Simmons Age Copy Share Image
Five days after the Tsarnaev brothers blew up Boston's most sacred event, and just 24 hours after one brother was killed and… — Bill Simmons Copy Share Image
I always wanted to create a site that was sports and pop culture. '30 for 30 had a big impact because I… — Bill Simmons Big impact Copy Share Image
