Oakland Quotes
41 quotes by 38 authors
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I would definitely say the Oakland Raiders are the punk rock band of football.
— Billie Joe Armstrong
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I love San Francisco so much. I call it the Emerald City and have been coming here since 1992. I have a few old friends…
— Andy Cohen
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Oakland has now increased its payroll to the point that it now ranks third in the Bay Area among all McDonald's franchises.
— Sandy Alderson
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Al Davis is a legend and his contribution and influence on the game of football, the National Football League, and the Oakland Raiders has been…
— Amy Trask
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My most prized possession was my library card from the Oakland Public Library.
— Bill Russell
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My dream was to play football for the Oakland Raiders. But my mother thought I would get hurt playing football, so she chose baseball for…
— Rickey Henderson
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Why can't DFW compete like San Francisco does with Oakland, like Miami does with Fort Lauderdale, and like Chicago O'Hare does with Midway?
— John Ensign
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During those long years in Oakland public schools, I did not have one teacher who taught me anything relevant to my own life or experience.…
— Huey Newton
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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 can't see it.…
— Nick Swisher
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We have always had great and loyal fans in Oakland.
— Jim Otto
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In Indiana we had a queen we named Alice which lived to the ripe old age of eight years and two months and did excellent…
— Jay Smith
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I remember facing him on opening day in 1987. It was Oakland at the Minnesota Twins, the first time I got him out on a…
— Curt Young
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Oakland revolved around Forbes Field. Nothing in the city could match that atmosphere.
— Willie Stargell
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I think I just went into a system that was willing to utilize me and gave me opportunities and I felt fortunate to be able…
— Jerry Rice
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The loony tuners are at it again. The cost of doing business in Oakland is already about the highest in the state. Compared with other…
— Randy Hamilton
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In some circles, the Mint 400 is a far, far better thing than the Superbowl, the Kentucky Derby, and the lower Oakland roller derby finals…
— Hunter S. Thompson
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In L.A., like, there's a lot of, like, materialism, and, you know, people who think they're better than each other because of the clothes they…
— Kreayshawn
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What was the use of my having come from Oakland it was not natural to have come from there yes write about it if I…
— Gertrude Stein
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All the clothes in my closet are Oakland, California, clothes. You can't wear those anywhere else. The barometric pressure drops and then where are you?
— Mary Roach
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Oakland is home, and you always want to go home. Anytime you get the chance, you're happy to go home.
— Rickey Henderson
Who Wrote These Oakland Quotes
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