Football Quotes by Jemele Hill

20 Football quotes by Jemele Hill

Jemele Hill’s sharp commentary provides twenty concise reflections on football, touching on culture, competition, and the stories that emerge from each match.

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The best-player argument shouldn't be determined by personal dislike.

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Shaq is like an oversized muppet, and who doesn't love muppets?

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Kevin Garnett did the classic hold me back but fall away at the same time.

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Every day, we read about athletes who let their sport define them.

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The Lakers got Pau Gasol for 10 rubles and a John Tesh DVD.

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Athletes are no different than many of us.

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If you've ever seen photos of LeBron James away from the basketball court, it's obvious he takes great pride in his appearance.

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Sports has always been a great entry point for us to discuss issues that are pretty widely known in society.

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As an NBA fan, there is nothing more irritating than when the league's credibility is challenged by cockamamy conspiracy theories.

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Far too many athletes have been unable to let go of their troubled roots or just have failed to fully understand their…

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Not to oversimplify what football coaches do, but their success or failure hinges on concepts that aren't foreign to any coach.

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When you're young, you do dumb things. I just can't understand why some other athletes never were extended that same excuse.

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Hakeem Olajuwon, David Robinson and Patrick Ewing will be among the best centers ever, but none of them affected the league the…

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Even though I'm from Detroit, my favorite NFL team is the 49ers. My mother went to junior college in the Bay area…

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The paid professionals who navigate the complications of playing their sport during a pandemic at least share in the financial rewards. Far…

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Kobe Bryant is better than Michael Jordan. Not more successful. Hasn't had a bigger economic impact. Hasn't won more MVPs. Hasn't won…

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Plenty of other franchises have reinvented themselves into winners after hitting rock bottom. The 1976 Tampa Bay team that went 0-14 arguably…

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Think about the most successful coaches in sports. What did they all have in common? It wasn't their knowledge of X's and…

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Someone taught us how to craft a resume, what to wear to a job interview and not to put our elbows on…

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Because Shaq played alongside one of the most disliked, phenomenally talented players in NBA history, Shaq became a great guy without really…

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It's something most people of color and most women have been burdened with their whole lives, having to suppress your natural emotion to make…

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Shaq is like an oversized muppet, and who doesn't love muppets?

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Trump delights in building his campaigns around white Americans' racial anxieties.

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Race impacts 90 percent of our society - and I'm probably undershooting that figure. I find this fascinating and like to address it when pertinent.

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There was no excuse for Dallas Cowboys to lose to Washington. Rivalry or not, Redskins are a bad team.

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I once wrote about Don Imus that 'speech is free, but consequences are not.' I never want to be the exception to that rule,…

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A NASCAR guy can drop-kick another driver through his car window and it is just considered part of the sport. Hockey players drop their…

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I just hope that my success is in some way influencing other outlets to really be much more purposeful in promoting, advancing and recruiting…

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Anyone who generates opinion for a living is going to get plenty of feedback, positive or negative. Some people indeed don't like the fact…

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