Bill Simmons on quitting ESPN, in 2011: 'If it happens, I will kill myself trying to haunt them somewhere else'

Bill Simmons, formerly of ESPN
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Four years and several spats ago, Bill Simmons — along with a bevy of other ESPN personalities — opened up about life at the company in Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN.

Deadspin rounded up some of Simmons' more memorable comments in the book, but one passage is especially prescient in light of today's news that the longtime sports columnist and Grantland editor is leaving the company:

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Sarah Eberspacher

Sarah Eberspacher is an associate editor at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked as a sports reporter at The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus and The Arizona Republic. She graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.