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.”

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

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

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