Buzz Bissinger
Buzz Bissinger
Harry Gerard "H. G." Bissinger III, also known as Buzz Bissinger, is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author, best known for his non-fiction book Friday Night Lights. He is a longtime contributing editor at Vanity Fair magazine and the former host of The Buzz Bissinger Show on CBS Radio's Philadelphia Talk/News station, Talk Radio 1210...
athletes feeling mortal players prone team tragic
That was such a horrible, tragic moment. I thought it said a lot about Tony, the way he coaxed the team into playing. ... I know the players were shell-shocked. Athletes aren't prone to feeling mortal about themselves.
basically difficulty game gives interview totally trying understanding
Trying to interview him before a game is completely and totally worthless. He gives you these kind of guttural grunts. He basically mumbles anyway, so I had difficulty understanding him.
great leads lonely responsibility takes
There's something lonely about Tony. He takes a lot of responsibility on his shoulders. ... I think it's made him a great manager, but it also leads to loneliness.
football deals
I actually like football a great deal.
baseball inspiration games
One of the inspirations for my becoming a writer was the baseball board game Strat-O-Matic.
dog thinking persons
Actually, my dog I think is the only person who consistently loves me all the time.
book thinking hands
I think the only safe medium are books, because people like to hold books in their hand.
dog philadelphia many-friends
I don't have many friends in Philadelphia. I sort of have one. I have the dog and someone else.
wish
I am 5'6' and desperately wish I was taller.
texas curiosity odessa
I always had a curiosity about Texas. I had a curiosity about small-town life, although, granted, Odessa's not a tiny town.
football medical danger
There are the medical dangers of football in general caused by head trauma over repetitive hits.
newspaper-reporters newspapers wells
Well I just always wanted to be a newspaper reporter.
pageantry emotion wonderful
Athletics: it's a wonderful thing, it's a spell-binding thing, nothing in life has quite as much pageantry, as much emotion within a finite time frame, it's incredibly exciting.
new-york hands cities
Why did I become a writer? Because I grew up in New York City, and there were seven newspapers in New York City, and my family was an inveterate reader of newspapers and I loved holding a paper in my hand. It was something sacred.