--- title: "4 Boston Quotes By Howie Long" description: "4 Boston quotes by Howie Long. Plus more from Howie Long and more Boston sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8df/howie-long-5163_boston_having-grown-up-in-that-area-and-being-l_958157.png" --- > [Having grown up in that area, and being like every other kid that grows up in that area, it's John Havlicek, it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howie-long/having-grown-up-in-that-area-and-being-like-every-other-kid-that/) [Howie Long](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howie-long/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8df/howie-long-5163_boston_having-grown-up-in-that-area-and-being-l_958157.png) > [I was a street kid, but that meant hopping a ride on the back of the MTA down to Revere Beach -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howie-long/i-was-a-street-kid-but-that-meant-hopping-a-ride-on-the-back-of-the/) [Howie Long](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howie-long/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3d/howie-long-5163_back_i-was-a-street-kid-but-that-meant-hoppin_1903901.png) > [Philadelphia is a football town. Boston is a baseball town.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howie-long/philadelphia-is-a-football-town-boston-is-a-baseball-town/) [Howie Long](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howie-long/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7a/howie-long-5163_baseball_philadelphia-is-a-football-town-boston-i_2629640.png) > [I grew up in the streets in Boston in a row-home neighborhood playing hockey.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howie-long/i-grew-up-in-the-streets-in-boston-in-a-row-home-neighborhood-playing/) [Howie Long](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howie-long/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91c/howie-long-5163_boston_i-grew-up-in-the-streets-in-boston-in-a_2717713.png) ## Other authors on Boston - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-marty-walsh-4000.jpg) Marty Walsh 25 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boston/marty-walsh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-bruce-d-perry-20014.jpg) Thomas Menino 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boston/thomas-menino/) - [Michelle Wu 11 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boston/michelle-wu/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-kathrine-switzer-55627.jpg) Kathrine Switzer 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boston/kathrine-switzer/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boston/noam-chomsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-nat-hentoff-70269.jpg) Nat Hentoff 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boston/nat-hentoff/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-alexis-stewart-11209.jpg) Tom Scholz 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boston/tom-scholz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-manny-ramirez-63042.jpg) Manny Ramirez 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boston/manny-ramirez/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boston/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [Paul Laffoley 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boston/paul-laffoley/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-eliza-dushku-32449.jpg) Eliza Dushku 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boston/eliza-dushku/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-donald-trump-30060.jpg) Donald Trump 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boston/donald-trump/) ## More by Howie Long > [I looked at Randy White... I looked at Klecko. I looked at Gino Marchetti. I looked at a lot of players. Bob Lilly. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howie-long/i-looked-at-randy-white-i-looked-at-klecko-i-looked-at-gino-marchetti/) [Howie Long](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howie-long/) > [As a broadcaster, I've always taken the approach that I want to be informed. I want to understand. It's easy to mail it in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howie-long/as-a-broadcaster-i-ve-always-taken-the-approach-that-i-want-to-be/) [Howie Long](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howie-long/) > [There is no easy way to greatness in any venue. But if you work hard, good things will inevitably happen to you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howie-long/there-is-no-easy-way-to-greatness-in-any-venue-but-if-you-work-hard/) [Howie Long](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howie-long/) > [My poor wife, we stopped on the way back to the suite after our wedding reception so I could pick up a jar of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howie-long/my-poor-wife-we-stopped-on-the-way-back-to-the-suite-after-our/) [Howie Long](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howie-long/) > [Professional athletes, like it or not, have a responsibility to the kids of America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howie-long/professional-athletes-like-it-or-not-have-a-responsibility-to-the/) [Howie Long](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howie-long/) > [My grandmother is the type of person, I'd be down playing cards in the park, and she'd take the dog and walk down to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howie-long/my-grandmother-is-the-type-of-person-i-d-be-down-playing-cards-in-the/) [Howie Long](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howie-long/) > [I really enjoy my time in Montana.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howie-long/i-really-enjoy-my-time-in-montana/) [Howie Long](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howie-long/) > [I have this dying desire to be on top. I'm paranoid about it. It's almost a sickness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howie-long/i-have-this-dying-desire-to-be-on-top-i-m-paranoid-about-it-it-s/) [Howie Long](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howie-long/) > [For a while here in L.A., we had a problem with the wave. They didn't quite know when to wave.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howie-long/for-a-while-here-in-l-a-we-had-a-problem-with-the-wave-they-didn-t/) [Howie Long](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howie-long/) > [I had a mental block. I didn't think I could be successful at right end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howie-long/i-had-a-mental-block-i-didn-t-think-i-could-be-successful-at-right-end/) [Howie Long](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howie-long/) > [I'm never one to question people's courage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howie-long/i-m-never-one-to-question-people-s-courage/) [Howie Long](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howie-long/) > [I like John Riggins. He's one of the guys I look up to. He doesn't try to change his act to suit his profession.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howie-long/i-like-john-riggins-he-s-one-of-the-guys-i-look-up-to-he-doesn-t-try/) [Howie Long](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howie-long/) > [Lack of enthusiasm in the stands tends to be less inspirational on the field. It doesn't send the chills down your spine. It's not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howie-long/lack-of-enthusiasm-in-the-stands-tends-to-be-less-inspirational-on/) [Howie Long](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howie-long/) > [The Raiders hit straight up. And thats the way we expect to get hit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howie-long/the-raiders-hit-straight-up-and-thats-the-way-we-expect-to-get-hit/) [Howie Long](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howie-long/) > [I just play hard-hitting football, but at least I look the opponent in the face before I hit him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howie-long/i-just-play-hard-hitting-football-but-at-least-i-look-the-opponent-in/) [Howie Long](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howie-long/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boston/howie-long/#itemlist", "name": "4 Boston Quotes By Howie Long", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Having grown up in that area, and being like every other kid that grows up in that area, it's John Havlicek, it's Bobby Orr, it's Sam Bam Cunningham, it's names and players like that who you kind of live your dreams through. 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