“'SI' came to me and said, 'We want you to do a story on Russell as the...” — Frank Deford Quote

“'SI' came to me and said, 'We want you to do a story on Russell as the greatest team player,' which I certainly agreed with.”

“On Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va., there are statues of five Confederate luminaries and then, incongruously in this company, one of Arthur Ashe.”

“The hardest thing in the world is to write something critical about someone and then show up the next day in the locker room. I mean, that is not fun, and that takes an awful lot of guts. And I never enjoyed that.”

“The E.U. is founded on the Treaties which apply only to the Member States who have agreed and ratified them.”

“A police officer asked me why I agreed to play a Pakistani in my films. I told him that someone has to do different, na. If everyone will become Indian army officer then how the story will proceed?”

“I've read some pretty harsh criticisms of my music, but some of them I agreed with and actually sat with me.”