"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."

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Source : "The 13 Best Sports Documentaries" by Brandon Latham, www.indiewire.com. August 13, 2014.

Bill Simmons

#Sports Quotes #Perspective Quotes #Tragedy Quotes

“We are all dying, every moment that passes of every day. That is the inescapable truth of this existence. It is a truth that can paralyze us with fear, or one that can energize us with impatience, with the desire to explore and experience, with the hope- nay, the iron-will!- to find a memory in every action. To be alive, under sunshine, or starlight, in weather fair or stormy. To dance with every step, be they through gardens of flowers or through deep snows.”
“Nothing happens until I make it happen.”
“I'm lucky because I do get to fly first-class now.”
“If Jacob was right and clothes were costumes and makeup a mask, then our attitudes and habits must be our shields.”
“My two sisters and I sang all the time. Whenever we cleaned the kitchen, we sang in three-part harmony.”
“My father was never around, and my mother used to worry that the kids wont grow up to be connected to him.”
“If fathers are sometimes sulky at the appearance of the destined son-in-law, is it not a fact that mothers become sentimental and, as it were, love their own loves over again.”
“I know all about dreams that make you want to scream.”

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