Affection Quote by Don Drysdale

Brooklyn was a famous team. I wanted to play for the Dodgers.

— Roberto Clemente

I rooted for the Dodgers when they were in Brooklyn.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I guess what really made me a Dodgers fan from the beginning was that the team had Jackie Robinson, the first 'Negro' in the…

— Cheech Marin

Growing up, I never was a big follower of the Dodgers.

— Andre Ethier

When the Dodgers left, it was not only a loss of a team, it was the disruption of a social pattern. A total destruction…

— Joe Flaherty

Rooting for the Dodgers once would have been heresy within my New York family.

— Ed Henry

I owe my own fluency with language to Brooklyn. Everyone talked about everything, from the Dodgers to the revolution.

— David Meltzer

I knew what the Dodgers uniform represented as a kid growing up in Brooklyn.

— Joe Torre

As a player, to me the Dodgers were the Yankees of the National League because... you either loved them or you hated them.

— Joe Torre

Every aspect of the history of our game comes through the Dodgers at some point. That's a really cool thing to be a part…

— Corey Seager

I'm sure everyone knows that my heart is and always will be with the players, the fans and the entire Dodger family. I've cared…

— Steve Garvey

I've played for teams that were family-oriented organizations. They made you feel like family. The Yankees are strictly a business. Baseball is your life…

— Gary Sheffield