Frank Deford Quotes

I got to Arizona in 1980, before the Cardinals, Diamondbacks and Coyotes. The sun rose and set with the Phoenix Suns, and it wasn't very spectacular. But I became a loyal fan and went to a lot of games.

How many women's football matches are selling out week in, week out, 20,000 plus? They're not.

I was in New York, I went to a Yankees game and I called and said, 'Can I get tickets to the Knicks game?' They said, 'We can't get you tickets no more to the Knicks game.'... They had tickets, but they said they didn't have no tickets for me.

Look at the insane things the Jews believe. The Jews believe that Barbra Streisand is worth $1,000 bucks a ticket.

I knew there were going to be boos if the Knicks drafted me. That's how New York fans are.

I am not someone who watches every game from the Bundesliga, the Spanish League, or even the Premier League. Of course, if there is a good game, like in the Champions League, I will watch it.

The Knicks were one of my favorite places to play - just the energy of the New York fans in general is amazing.

When I went to Boston, I tell people all the time, being able to be in that arena with those banners hanging up, it excited me.

I've been able to play for some of the best fans in the NFL.

Nothing irritates me more than going to see an artist and paying all this money and then have them rant about very specific political opinions.

I'm obviously very grateful to play for a sports organization like the Boston Celtics.

I love playing at Madison Square Garden.

As a 10-year veteran of the NFL, I had a unique perspective weekly to see the heartfelt commitment of the fan. Regardless of years of disappointing and winless seasons, the true fans remained die-hard in their loyalty to 'the Team.'

There's a lot of spoiled Lakers fans.

I love the Premier League. I absolutely love Premier League games.

Being an opponent playing in Boston over the years, you always see guys in the stands who played for the Celtics. It's a mystique. It's cool.

What kid doesn't want to play in MSG? I've been fortunate enough to play there many, many times during my basketball career. Every chance I get to play there, I try to embrace it. I just love playing there.

Obviously, the big teams create the bigger atmosphere around the stadiums.

It is bizarre to see the NFL attacking an America that has treated it so well over the years. Taxpayers pay over 70 percent of the cost of stadiums. Our citizens pay more and more for tickets, and valuations of professional sports franchises have skyrocketed. Player compensation keeps growing.

Whether it's NASCAR or whether it's football, or whether it's the NBA, any time something spills over to the point where somebody makes a WWE reference, I always think it's a good thing.

Playing on Sky Sports doesn't really make a difference to me.

I was a big fan of Naseem Hamed, and followed him. Ronnie O'Sullivan, Stephen Hendry and I know him well.

It's true that the atmosphere here is quite different from the one in France. People live and breathe football here, and that's what I like. Every footballer wants to play in the Premier League.

We had heard online that there were a number of pro athletes who were big fans of 'Pitch Perfect.' We came to learn that the primary fans were these Green Bay Packers.

I used to watch Babe Ruth for 50 cents. Now, baseball tickets are $400!