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# Frank Deford

(1938–2017)   Novelist   United States

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Frank Deford was a novelist from the United States, best known for *Alex*.

## Quick Facts About Frank Deford

Born December 16, 1938

Died May 28, 2017

Nationality United States

Profession Novelist

Notable works Alex

## About Frank Deford

Benjamin Franklin Deford III was an American sportswriter, novelist and regular sports commentator on NPR’s Morning Edition from 1980 until his death in 2017.

## Awards & Honors

National Humanities Medal

##  Quotes by Frank Deford · Page 2

> [Owners own teams so that they might move them to another municipality with better luxury boxes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-deford/owners-own-teams-so-that-they-might-move-them-to-another-municipality/)

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> [I do honestly believe that, in the 21st century, sport is the most significant cultural element in this imperfect world. It calls…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-deford/i-do-honestly-believe-that-in-the-21st-century-sport-is-the-most/)

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[21st century](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/21st-century/)

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> [Nowadays, of course, flesh peddlers and scouting services identify the best athletes when they are still in junior high. Prospects are not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-deford/nowadays-of-course-flesh-peddlers-and-scouting-services-identify-the/)

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[Allowed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/allowed/)

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> [Pete Rose may not make the Hall of Fame, but a statue of him is going to be erected outside the Cincinnati…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-deford/pete-rose-may-not-make-the-hall-of-fame-but-a-statue-of-him-is-going/)

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[Ballpark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ballpark/)

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> [If you're a white kid growing up and you see a Black player and he's got the name of your college or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-deford/if-you-re-a-white-kid-growing-up-and-you-see-a-black-player-and-he-s/)

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[Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/black/)

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> [That's the greatest compliment I can get: when somebody from Key West says, 'Hey, Bubba.' That means I'm in!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-deford/that-s-the-greatest-compliment-i-can-get-when-somebody-from-key-west/)

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[Compliment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compliment/)

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> [You have to do what the market requires of you... You either keep swimming, or you sink.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-deford/you-have-to-do-what-the-market-requires-of-you-you-either-keep/)

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[Drowning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/drowning/)

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> [I had gone to work for 'Newsweek', left 'Newsweek' and went to work for 'Vanity Fair,' and then went back to 'Newsweek'.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-deford/i-had-gone-to-work-for-newsweek-left-newsweek-and-went-to-work-for/)

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[Back](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/back/)

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> [I don't understand blogs. People used to write to make money, no? You didn't give it away. I have nothing against blogs.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-deford/i-don-t-understand-blogs-people-used-to-write-to-make-money-no-you/)

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[Blog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blog/)

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> [Before the Colts arrived in 1947, the best athlete in town was a woman duckpin bowler named Toots Barger. Football? The biggest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-deford/before-the-colts-arrived-in-1947-the-best-athlete-in-town-was-a-woman/)

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[Baltimore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baltimore/)

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> [Because I lost a daughter, eight years old, to cystic fibrosis, I think that anytime that I'm dealing with people who, like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-deford/because-i-lost-a-daughter-eight-years-old-to-cystic-fibrosis-i-think/)

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[Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/)

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> [At all levels - with men and women - the 3-point shot has utterly transformed the way the game is played. More…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-deford/at-all-levels-with-men-and-women-the-3-point-shot-has-utterly/)

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[Football](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/football/)

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> [How did females become 'guys?' How did everyone become 'guys?' Remember, too, that a male guy was something of a scoundrel. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-deford/how-did-females-become-guys-how-did-everyone-become-guys-remember-too/)

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[Famous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/famous/)

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> [The hardest thing in the world is to write something critical about someone and then show up the next day in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-deford/the-hardest-thing-in-the-world-is-to-write-something-critical-about/)

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[Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/day/)

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> [I'm a writer. I'm moonlighting on television. I never made any pretensions to that. As much as I like being on 'Real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-deford/i-m-a-writer-i-m-moonlighting-on-television-i-never-made-any/)

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[First love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/first-love/)

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> [More and more teams are, in the vernacular, 'going small,' with only one big man down deep. Good grief, the position of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-deford/more-and-more-teams-are-in-the-vernacular-going-small-with-only-one/)

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[Deep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/deep/)

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> [I think one of the most immoral things is college football and basketball, where everybody is making money except the players.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-deford/i-think-one-of-the-most-immoral-things-is-college-football-and/)

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[Basketball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/basketball/)

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> [I think I would die if I couldn't get to the typewriter every day. I really need that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-deford/i-think-i-would-die-if-i-couldn-t-get-to-the-typewriter-every-day-i/)

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[Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/day/)

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> [I believe that professional wrestling is clean and everything else in the world is fixed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-deford/i-believe-that-professional-wrestling-is-clean-and-everything-else-in/)

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[Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/)

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> [I was a much better writer than I was an athlete. My college coach told me flat out, he said, "Deford, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-deford/i-was-a-much-better-writer-than-i-was-an-athlete-my-college-coach/)

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[Athlete](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/athlete/)

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> [Hockey is the only place where a guy can go nowadays and watch two white guys fight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-deford/hockey-is-the-only-place-where-a-guy-can-go-nowadays-and-watch-two/)

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[Fight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fight/)

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> ['SI' came to me and said, 'We want you to do a story on Russell as the greatest team player,' which I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-deford/si-came-to-me-and-said-we-want-you-to-do-a-story-on-russell-as-the/)

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[Greatest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/greatest/)

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> [On Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va., there are statues of five Confederate luminaries and then, incongruously in this company, one of Arthur…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-deford/on-monument-avenue-in-richmond-va-there-are-statues-of-five/)

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[Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/)

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> [Johnny U was an American original, a piece of work like none other, excepting maybe Paul Bunyan and Horatio Alger.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-deford/johnny-u-was-an-american-original-a-piece-of-work-like-none-other/)

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[American](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american/)

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> [Sport is an art: it has incredible appeal everywhere on this earth, and it fills so many human hearts with passion that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-deford/sport-is-an-art-it-has-incredible-appeal-everywhere-on-this-earth-and/)

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[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

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> [The dollar is a winner. The euro is a tie. Get off the dime, Europe, and play to win.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-deford/the-dollar-is-a-winner-the-euro-is-a-tie-get-off-the-dime-europe-and/)

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[Dollar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dollar/)

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> [Thank you for listening. Thank you for abiding me. And now, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-deford/thank-you-for-listening-thank-you-for-abiding-me-and-now-ladies-and/)

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[Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/)

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> [There are some books that get huge numbers of positive reviews, but reading them satiates people. They say, 'I've read enough now'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-deford/there-are-some-books-that-get-huge-numbers-of-positive-reviews-but/)

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[Book](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book/)

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> [Does each of us need to suffer agony to understand how brutal our gridiron entertainment is? Surely, seeing is believing enough. So,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-deford/does-each-of-us-need-to-suffer-agony-to-understand-how-brutal-our/)

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[Alone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alone/)

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> [I think the four major leagues ought to set up a joint commission - say, of retired judges - to rule on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-deford/i-think-the-four-major-leagues-ought-to-set-up-a-joint-commission-say/)

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[Bad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bad/)

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> [Football teams represent cities and colleges and schools. The people have built great stadiums, and the game is culturally intertwined with our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-deford/football-teams-represent-cities-and-colleges-and-schools-the-people/)

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[Ball game](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ball-game/)

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> [Despite the fact that every sport this side of badminton worries about concussions that result in brain damage, CTE, the National Hockey…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-deford/despite-the-fact-that-every-sport-this-side-of-badminton-worries/)

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[Badminton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/badminton/)

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> [If I come on three days after the Super Bowl and say pretty much what everybody else has said, what's the point?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-deford/if-i-come-on-three-days-after-the-super-bowl-and-say-pretty-much-what/)

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[Come](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/come/)

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> [I criticize the NFL in many ways, but I think it's made great strides. I think college basketball, great strides. College football…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-deford/i-criticize-the-nfl-in-many-ways-but-i-think-it-s-made-great-strides/)

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[Alumni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alumni/)

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> [The NBA Schedule was made up by one man, Eddie Gottlieb, who had owned the Philadelphia Warriors. Eddie had a Buddha-like body…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-deford/the-nba-schedule-was-made-up-by-one-man-eddie-gottlieb-who-had-owned/)

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[Baseball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baseball/)

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> [By coincidence, this particular tiny show on earth that consists entirely of me talking about sports on NPR is also folding its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-deford/by-coincidence-this-particular-tiny-show-on-earth-that-consists/)

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[Adieu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adieu/)

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> [It's interesting too, that the coach of that Georgia Tech team who led his valiant warriors to those 222 points was none…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-deford/it-s-interesting-too-that-the-coach-of-that-georgia-tech-team-who-led/)

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[Award](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/award/)

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> [We start 2016 with a command: that the subject of Pete Rose and the Hall of Fame is over, finis, kaput forever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-deford/we-start-2016-with-a-command-that-the-subject-of-pete-rose-and-the/)

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[Baseball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baseball/)

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> [People often lump radio and television together because they are both broadcast mediums. But radio, anyway, and the radio I do for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-deford/people-often-lump-radio-and-television-together-because-they-are-both/)

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[People](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/)

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> [To compare writing an article for 'Sports Illustrated' to doing a piece for 'Real Sports', the article, it was all me. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-deford/to-compare-writing-an-article-for-sports-illustrated-to-doing-a-piece/)

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[Game](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/game/)

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## Frank Deford by topic

[Sports (34)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sports/frank-deford/) [Football (31)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/football/frank-deford/) [Writing (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing/frank-deford/) [People (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/frank-deford/) [Game (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/game/frank-deford/) [Baseball (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baseball/frank-deford/)

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