"But that's the thing about basketball: you don't play games on paper."

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Source : Bill Simmons (2009). “The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy”, p.44, ESPN

Bill Simmons

#Basketball Quotes #Games Quotes #Play Quotes

“I don't want to die without a few scars..”
“I am supposed to owe the government something like $100 million. I couldn't squeeze out a dime.”
“It's an unwritten rule - girl friends' boyfriends are off limits, even after they break up.”
“Modern morality is all about perception.”
“I like to think that Einstein would look at string theoryâ€™s journey and smile, enjoying the theoryâ€™s remarkable geometrical features while feeling kinship with fellow travelers on the long and winding road toward unification.”
“Dramatic and emotional trading experiences tend to be negative. Pride is a great banana peel, as are hope, fear, and greed. My biggest slip-ups occurred shortly after I got emotionally involved with positions.”

Source : "Market Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders". Book by Jack D. Schwager, 1989.
“Each of us seems to have a main focus, a particular idea of practicality - a concept of 'what we want out of life' against which we judge our experiences.”
“I am lucky in that my children are grown, my youngest is twenty-seven. I didn't have the conflict between artist and mother while they were young because I really focused in, very much, on the mothering aspect.”

Source : Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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