Famous Quote by Frank Deford

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

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

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

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

I think the four major leagues ought to set up a joint commission - say, of retired judges - to rule on athletes who…

— Frank Deford

If I'd grown up in Sao Paulo, I'm sure I would've been a great soccer fan.

— Frank Deford

The dollar is a winner. The euro is a tie. Get off the dime, Europe, and play to win.

— Frank Deford

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

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

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

Johnny U was an American original, a piece of work like none other, excepting maybe Paul Bunyan and Horatio Alger.

— Frank Deford

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