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Letter "F" » Frank Deford Quotes
«He was the first prominent college player ... the first star to be associated with college, and in that sense he made baseball acceptable,»
Author: Frank Deford
«Everybody loves sports. It's awfully hard to be critical of these athletes -- they're young, they're strong, they're beautiful. You want to celebrate these guys.»
Author: Frank Deford
«[One] brought himself up by his bootstraps ... the other was born to comfort, a college man at a time when nobody went to college. Each saw in the other the thing he wanted to be.»
Author: Frank Deford
«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.»
Author: Frank Deford
«Gamesmanship has come to replace sportsmanship all too often,»
Author: Frank Deford
«And that, in turn, has been superseded by, 'In your face.'»
Author: Frank Deford
«It really surprises people, and I understand why, but that was probably the easiest book I ever wrote, because it was simple narrative,»
Author: Frank Deford
«Those of you doing that with the Samaritan Center, ... I salute you.»
Author: Frank Deford
«Those were the real human achievements,»
Author: Frank Deford
«It was a great tragedy ... an athlete dying young always sets us back. We see them as so strong and handsome. We don't think they'll crumble.»
Author: Frank Deford
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