Frank Deford Quotes

I literally did athletics my whole life.

I love watching track and field - the 4x100 relay, the 100-(meter) dash, the 200-(meter) dash. To see what they're able to do, I love watching that.

I began with track and field because this is what I know.

I like watching athletics and I like watching boxing. Probably the sprints, I like watching sprinting.

Track and field was very big when I was growing up.

Speed is more important than endurance in the decathlon.

I was playing cricket first and my cricket coach was the one that introduced me to track and field.

I love watching gymnastics, swimming, and track and field.

I think track is still one of the most exciting participant sports, but we haven't been able to capitalize on that excitement through television and the print media.

I think I was in the most historical and golden era of track and field.

I have only ever done athletics. I was only average at school and I have never done any other sport.

If I had to be in the Olympics, I suppose I would do the javelin throw.

Track and field has always interested me.

Prior to the 1976 Olympics, I was a 5,000m runner.

The next great decathlete is going to be a runner. I still feel that a Dan O'Brien, if he was a runner and not a sprinter, could have gone over 9,000 points.

Nowadays, to be a good world-ranked decathlete, you need to be good at everything.

I actually like indoor track and field more than outdoor.

I do the whole 10-event thing, but at the end of the day, it's still track and field.

In England I played everything - swimming, athletics, football, rugby, badminton, cricket - all of that stuff. I was in the first teams for all the sports at Brighton, played on the wing in rugby, and ran 100m, 200m, 400m, and did long jump and even the javelin at one point. In the States I did a bit of track, but mainly I was there for the boxing.

People forget that track and field is one of the hardest sports because we compete against all the world. There are many sports when you are up against only 15 or 20 countries.

I don't know much about the history of track and field, but I know Gail Devers.

I think I always prefer the long jump, high jump, and javelin. I don't like the 400 metres and the pole vault except when I'm really in shape.

Hurdling, sprinting, athletics in general, is always in the back of your mind.

I'm quite excited to think that I will run the Olympic race here next year.

Decathletes have to train for every event: sprints one day, field events the next. You pump up to make yourself strong enough to throw? Try pole vaulting at 250 pounds. There are 32 guys in most decathlons, and they're in 32 little track meets.