It was a big honor being drafted in the first round by Oakland. — Sebastian Janikowski Copy Share Image
My most prized possession was my library card from the Oakland Public Library. — Bill Russell Copy Share Image
I could have been an artist painting pictures and I would have fell in love with Oakland. — Too Short Copy Share Image
Oakland is home, and you always want to go home. Anytime you get the chance, you're happy to go home. — Rickey Henderson Copy Share Image
We did eight gigs in super-stadiums, all the biggest joints - L.A. Coliseum, Oakland Coliseum, Shea Stadium. — Joe Strummer Copy Share Image
I live in Brooklyn, New York, and hail from the 'East Bay,' Oakland, CA. — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I mean, I'm humble... to me, I'm just a regular cat from Oakland, California. — Lance Gross Copy Share Image
The murder rate in Chicago is skyrocketing and you see who's doing it and perpetrating it, they all look like Chief Keef. — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
Coming from Oakland, Calif., I never thought I'd be a Hall of Famer. I wasn't thinking about basketball like that. — Gary Payton Copy Share Image
I'm not afraid to have the ratchet side because that's a part of me too. I like to turn up, I am… — Adrian Marcel Copy Share Image
I can accomplish all those. It's really awkward, kind of, for me coming out here and being in a competitive golf atmosphere.… — Stephen Curry Copy Share Image
The Oakland clubhouse is a wonderful place. A lot of these guys feel like rejects. They were rejects and they feel -… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
I don't mind being the voice of the New Oakland to maintain the integrity and edge of it. Old Oakland and New… — Fantastic Negrito Copy Share Image
It's been like that all spring. It's just that balls decided to hang up there. It's hard to catch it when you… — Nick Swisher Copy Share Image
Winning in Oakland in '89 was distinguished because that was truly a great team on a mission to prove that '88 was… — Tony La Russa Copy Share Image
What was the use of my having come from Oakland it was not natural to have come from there yes write about… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
Sonny and another Hells Angel who was at the meeting thought they were beyond a little patch so they headed down to… — Chuck Zito Copy Share Image
Occasionally I hear a band that blows me away. For instance, there's a musician in Oakland named Weasel Walter who has a… — Glenn Branca Copy Share Image
I love San Francisco so much. I call it the Emerald City and have been coming here since 1992. I have a… — Andy Cohen Copy Share Image
The murder rate in Chicago is skyrocketing, and you see who's doing it and perpetrating it - they all look like Chief… — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
Oakland, by far, is really gorgeous; it still has these pockets that are really dangerous. Certain things are kind of normal. I… — Mahershala Ali Copy Share Image
During those long years in Oakland public schools, I did not have one teacher who taught me anything relevant to my own… — Huey Newton Copy Share Image
When I saw the sun bears at the Oakland Zoo, I immediately was drawn to them. Not to be ornery, but regarding… — Matthew Zapruder Copy Share Image
Abandoned by the existing political system, young people in Oakland, California, New York City, Quebec and numerous other cities throughout the globe… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
I was born in Oakland and grew up, probably about five miles from Oakland, in Hayward. And Hayward was OK. Like, Hayward… — Mahershala Ali Copy Share Image
Up there we see everything, Oakland to the left, El Cerrito and Richmond to the right, Marin forward, over the Bay, Berkeley… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
The first thing we should be concerned about the BLM movement should be the issues that the Black Lives Matter movement is… — Cory Booker Copy Share Image
Right after the 9/11 attacks I was living near Oakland in California with a buddy who had also grown up in the… — Rick Remender Copy Share Image
