Frank Deford

“The very best sports are about the people who play them.”

“The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off.”

“I don't think there is any such thing as a 'born' anything. You have to learn and you have to practice.”

“I believe that professional wrestling is clean and everything else in the world is fixed.”

“Passion is a wonderful thing, but it's a dangerous thing, too.”

“The best writing is that which is most personal.”

“The essence of sports is that it's a drama without a script.”

“As I've gotten older, I've had to change my diet, but I'm learning that you can't furnish a house in a day. It's a process.”

“A sportswriter's job is to tell stories, not just report scores.”

“The older I get, the surer I am that I'm not running the show.”

“Sports is the most important of the unimportant things.”