147 Quotes by Frank Deford

She glances at the photo, and the pilot light of memory flickers in her eyes.

You can tell all you need to about a society from how it treats animals and beaches.

He was the first prominent college player ... the first star to be associated with college, and in that sense he made baseball acceptable,

It almost seemed as if the Statue of Liberty had gone on tour, turning in her torch for a Yonex racket.

I think everything is in flux right now.

Look at the sports pages of the 1930s and '40s. It was all games, basic stuff. Not nearly as much behind the scenes. I think newspapers, the ones that survive, will be the clever and bright ones.

I think really that if they can get back to playing games by the Super Bowl, which is when an awful lot of people turn and look at basketball for the first time, if they can do that, I don't think there will be any damage whatsoever.

Those of you doing that with the Samaritan Center, ... I salute you.

You imagine people are looking forward to it as a treat, ... But the trick, I suppose, is to keep their interest up before you get to the ending.... Above all, you want the main character, Roger Bannister in this case, to be someone you like and you root for.