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“Blondes are like left-handed athletes, they all get a second look even if they don't deserve one. ”
― frank deford

“(Joe) Dimaggio was, in fact, mostly just a cold fish. Not even his brother Dom, who played outfield for the Red Sox..., seemed to care much for the Yankee Clipper. As someone best summed up Dimaggio: "What kind of guy learns to love the most beautiful woman in the world only after she dies?”
― Frank Deford, Over Time: My Life as a Sportswriter

“Seltzer says that Robert Kintner of ABC—later president of NBC—declared adamantly, “No sports will ever be on television on Sunday.” Then Seltzer adds: “Yes, he said that. He told me that.”
― Frank Deford, Five Strides on the Banked Track: The Life and Times of the Roller Derby

“For instance, one night he took a left turn onto a tiny little icy path and had the car stuck, pointing sideways, under a railroad trestle by the time the O’Connells and Duchess finally awoke to the spinning wheels. “It said ‘left,’” Donovan explained, as he got out to push. “At the road, you crazy sonuvabitch,” Charlie replied. “You only take lefts when you come to the road. It says left, you just don’t turn left right away, wherever the hell you are. You wait till you get a road that goes left.”
― Frank Deford, Five Strides on the Banked Track: The Life and Times of the Roller Derby