Frank Deford Quotes

I wanted to go to college and play football.

I actually ran in junior high school a little bit, you know, like most kids do in track and things. Then I got out of it and just trained for football and played ball for so many years - high school, college and the NFL.

When I was a freshman at Oklahoma in 1946, the game was sold out - and it's been sold out ever since.

Everywhere you look these days you see Carolina athletes.

I'm going to be the next head coach at Notre Dame.

It is not hard for me to remember when I was in college. I loved many things about college life: I loved learning. I loved the comradery. And I loved football.

Players suffer coaching changes all the time; it's life in the NFL.

The NBA is intense, but the NFL is a whole 'nother level of intensity and dramatic, game-changing plays.

If you're in college, if you're in high school, if you're in elementary school, if you're in a youth league, if you're in the NFL, football's football.

I will always root for the Sooners.

Whether you like it or not, you're a national figure after five games at Notre Dame.

Pitt will always be my school and I'm honored to be able to support the Blue and Gold.

I wanted to have a career in sports when I was young, but I had to give up the idea. I'm only six feet tall, so I couldn't play basketball. I'm only 190 pounds, so I couldn't play football, and I have 20/20 vision, so I couldn't be a referee.

I don't think they should be against the NFL because the NFL, those are two big games. I don't think it would be good for the NFL and I don't think it would be good for the debates.

Write this: Since my boy is the coach, I'm going to try out for the Dolphins next year. Tight end.

When you talk about tradition, and organizations, the Steelers are one of the best in the NFL.

Dan Gronkowski and Chris Gronkowski played with me at Maryland, two of my closest friends.

I was in Atlanta for nine years and we never got to play on Christmas Day.

My dad was a big Woody Hayes guy.

I've got great respect for all the teams in the SEC as well as the Big 12, the Big Ten, on and on.

I've been very fortunate and blessed to have been able to play football at LSU.

I wasn't supposed to run as much as I did in the NFL. But it turned out that all that scrambling I had done in college became necessary in the NFL. It wasn't by design. It was because I was running for my life!

Thanks to football, I live a decent life.

When I was growing up, I was focused on football and school.

You know what, as I look back on that year, I was very excited on joining the Washington Redskins.