Brooklyn Quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Download Open image “I rooted for the Dodgers when they were in Brooklyn.” — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Brooklyn Dodgers Rooted
Rooting for the Dodgers once would have been heresy within my New York family. — Ed Henry Copy Share Image
Through the mid-80s I watched my team struggle, but in 1988 the A's made it to the Series. I was at Game 5 that… — Ryan Fleck Copy Share Image
I knew what the Dodgers uniform represented as a kid growing up in Brooklyn. — Joe Torre Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I grew up a Detroit Tigers fan, and now to be an owner of the Dodgers is amazing. — Magic Johnson Copy Share Image
In all honesty, once you become a professional, number one, you're no longer a fan. I don't root for the Dodgers, really. I just… — Vin Scully Copy Share Image
I can't be the Mayor of L.A. I hate the Dodgers. I'm a Yankee fan. Yankee fans can't ever root for the Dodgers. — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
I saw Islam as the correct way to live, and I chose to try to live that way. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
Justice should be blind especially color-blind and able to fairly deal with the very real need for honest law enforcement. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people, if they get the opportunity to do some acting, they think, 'I might be a star.' — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
LeBron James can get a shot off under any and all circumstances and he makes them. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
People still cheat on their wives, that hasn't fallen out of fashion. We all speak of it badly, but it has not fallen out… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
Yoga is somewhat hard to quantify in terms of benefits because you see them in all the injuries you don't get. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
“The person who has some awareness of the past knows how to fashion a rudder and which direction land is.” — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
Common decency demands that [NCAA athletes] should be paid, but the only way it will happen is the same way workers got paid throughout… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
Mike Tyson is the most complex person I've ever met in my life. I've known Mike since 1986. We're both from Brooklyn. I didn't… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
I love the little garden in the back of my family's brownstone in Brooklyn. Digging out there in the dirt is a joy for… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
Brooklyn, where I grew up, is a competitive burg - there's always a pretty boy around the corner there, and you gotta look better… — Theophilus London Copy Share Image
Coming from Haiti and growing up in Brooklyn, there's a lot of European influence when I get dressed up. I wear a lot of… — Wyclef Jean Copy Share Image
Brooklyn is not the easiest place to grow up in, although I wouldn't change that experience for anything. — Neil Diamond Copy Share Image
My childhood here... was very limited. So it was a long, long time before I actually went out to Brooklyn. — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
My father grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., with my grandparents. In Norwegian my name is pronounced 'Yoo' but my father used to call me… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
Comparing the Brooklyn that I know with Manhattan is like comparing a comfortable and complacent duenna to her more brilliant and neurotic sister. — Carson McCullers Copy Share Image
We wept, Brooklyn was a lovely place to hit. If you got a ball in the air, you had a chance to get it… — Duke Snider Copy Share Image
Bob Smith from Brooklyn is a guy who sometimes gets hung with problems and fears. Wolfman Jack is a happy-go-lucky guy who knows how… — Wolfman Jack Copy Share Image
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