If the players aren't getting paid, there's something terribly, terribly wrong, and that's true only in the United States. Everywhere else, where money is involved with sport, the players get paid. But these poor kids in college, they're doing it… — Frank Deford Copy Share Image
Because I lost a daughter, eight years old, to cystic fibrosis, I think that anytime that I'm dealing with people who, like Andrea Yeager,… — Frank Deford Copy Share
I never wanted to be an editor. I never wanted to be a boss. I just wanted to write, and it didn't make any… — Frank Deford Copy Share
Dan Rather pulling on a sweater and thereby winning a whole new chunk of the populace: That's television. President Reagan's press conferences: That's television.… — Frank Deford Copy Share
I am something of a ham. Yeah, I'd always been a writer. But in high school, I acted in plays. So it wasn't as… — Frank Deford Copy Share
I think the four major leagues ought to set up a joint commission - say, of retired judges - to rule on athletes who… — Frank Deford Copy Share
The dollar is a winner. The euro is a tie. Get off the dime, Europe, and play to win. — Frank Deford Copy Share
I grew up in Baltimore and that's why I root for the Orioles. I'm very suspicious of people who move and take on a… — Frank Deford Copy Share
I remember one time I wrote something very, very critical about Wilt Chamberlain. The next time I saw him - and Wilt was not… — Frank Deford Copy Share
If the players aren't getting paid, there's something terribly, terribly wrong, and that's true only in the United States. Everywhere else, where money is… — Frank Deford Copy Share
Johnny U was an American original, a piece of work like none other, excepting maybe Paul Bunyan and Horatio Alger. — Frank Deford Copy Share
If there ever was an 'America's team,' it would be itty-bitty, little Green Bay, stuck way up there somewhere, owned by the salt-of-the-Earth citizens… — Frank Deford Copy Share
That's the greatest compliment I can get: when somebody from Key West says, 'Hey, Bubba.' That means I'm in! — Frank Deford Copy Share
To see the glory in sport, where somebody comes from behind and does something, sinks a shot in the last second or throws a… — Frank Deford Copy Share
When Juan Antonio Samaranch said the Olympics are more important than the Catholic Church, I just couldn't believe it. I said to myself, 'Don't… — Frank Deford Copy Share
