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...
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.
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.
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.
thinking air people
I'm really not interested in other people's opinions, because I think frankly most of those opinions are either misinformed and adding to this endless ball of hot air we have in our society where everyone thinks their opinion is valuable and sacred and what counts.
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.
thinking printed-word sacred
I think the older you are, the more you're going to cling to the printed word as being sacred.
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.