Frank Deford Quotes

When I was young, I was obsessed with Michael Jordan and the Bulls. He's the only person I get starstruck over. I don't know what I'd do if I met him - I'd be in shock! That's my dream.

Everyone has someone they looked up to. Mine was Mickey Mantle. For Alex Rodriguez to idolize me coming up, that makes me feel very good.

They say never meet your heroes. But the addendum to that is 'unless they're Harrison Ford.'

I thought celebrity meant Hollywood, that's it. I began to see that does include Olympians. People have so much respect for Olympians.

When I was a kid I used to look at Wes Brown. I loved him as a player.

Willy Wonka's like my Michael Jordan.

I think we always look up to legends and people who not only win but give us a larger than life role model... I think Michael Jordan is this, someone who became bigger than his sport.

I am not crazy enough to compare myself with Messi because he is the best there ever was and the best there will ever be.

You never see yourself as that interesting. You're like, 'Really? Me? You want a picture with me? I'm boring!' But if I saw somebody like Simon Pegg or Johnny Depp, or one of my heroes, I'd get totally starstruck and want to go ask them for a picture.

I still celebrate the day when I first met Shah Rukh Khan. One can't just have a crush on him: he is a person whom you love.

During your life, you always have different players that you like. When I was a child, because my dad liked the 'Dream Team', I liked Michael Laudrup.

I've never seen and nor do I think I will ever see someone with Messi's consistency.

To be honest, I still get awestruck when I meet my heroes and the people I admire. I think that's only natural.

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

I always idolized Zidane.

It breaks my heart that some of my fans think that because they love me and they idolize me, they have to be just like me and dress like me and act like me.

The only person I'd cry if I met would be Beyonce.

I don't think people understand how good LeBron is.

I'm a sucker for hero worship.

Society is founded on hero-worship.

Man, meeting Michael Jordan for me was like.. black Jesus walking towards me. It was overwhelming to me to finally meet the guy I've looked up to my whole life.

I worship the quicksand he [Richard Nixon] walks in.

Heroes, it would seem, exist always and a certain worship of them.

To a woman nothing seems quite impossible to the powers of the man she worships.

I worship the ground Paul Ryan walks on.