It's almost impossible to explain how little the NBA amounted to when I started covering it in 1963. It wasn't fair to call it bush, although everybody did. It was simply small - only nine teams - and insignificant. — 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
