Frank Deford Quotes

I really think just the honor of playing on five championship teams in seven years is the best thing.

I was a professional athlete, the best baseball player in the world at one point.

And then to end up with a total of 347 wins, averaging 10 regular season wins for 33 years and the best winning percentage, and I'm very proud of this, of any professional team from 1970 to 1996.

I was in the postseason twice and I'm thankful for that.

I was the happiest guy in the world when I was on the ice. You're being paid to play a game! That's pretty special.

I'm thrilled, I'm grateful, I'm blessed. I played for the world's greatest professional sports team in history. Once a Dallas Cowboy, always a Dallas Cowboy.

I'm so proud to play for a big club like Arsenal.

I've never made an All-Star Game, but I've always had my peers' and coaches' respect around the league.

I've been blessed enough to be on a great team, gone to the divisional round five years in a row or whatever it was. That's special. Not everybody gets an opportunity to do that.

I always say the Boston Celtics of the 1960s were the only true dynasty, because they won nine titles in a 10-year span.

Jim Udinski has been coaching in the league for the past fourteen years, and his Division II team, the Lenape Valley Indians from suburban Philadelphia, has already made history - twice.

I'm excited to contribute towards U.S.A. Basketball's winning legacy and continuing its tremendous reputation around the world.

I can probably go down in history as the best backup point guard ever in NBA history.

I think Tom Brady is one of the greatest competitors of all time.

Being a professional athlete, we all want to win the title.

I feel like it's a great opportunity for me to play for the Vikings.

You cannot underestimate Zidane's achievement of winning the Champions League three times in a row - it must have taken superb skills to motivate the likes of Ronaldo, Luka Modric, Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema et al to have the desire to become serial Champions League winners.

I'm trying to leave a legacy, man. I'm trying to get a gold jacket someday. That's my mindset.

I think about all the time how I'll be able to say that during my career, I played with the greatest players of my era. Hopefully, I'll be able to say I won championships with those players.

I've won midget championships, a junior-league title, two World Junior Championships and some other minor-hockey championships, but I don't think teams win because I'm on them.

One of the great things about being a professional football player is visiting countries and seeing cultures you might never see.

I enjoyed my biggest successes with the national team.

You're not getting any recognition as a point guard if you ain't winning.

You play baseball. You play a lot of games. You win a lot of stuff. You win a World Series. But if that's all you've done, what have you got to show for it?

The best thing about playing football is making fans happy. The supporters help us a lot out on the pitch.