Brooklyn Quote by Roberto Clemente Download Open image “Brooklyn was a famous team. I wanted to play for the Dodgers.” — Roberto Clemente ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Brooklyn Dodgers Famous Play Team
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
When people look back on me and my career, I'd like them to say I was one of the people who helped start something… — Brook Lopez Copy Share Image
Brooklyn was the most wonderful city a man could play in, and the fans there were the most loyal there were. — Pee Wee Reese Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
In Brooklyn, it was as though you were in your own little bubble. You were all part of one big, but very close family,… — Don Drysdale Copy Share Image
I owe my own fluency with language to Brooklyn. Everyone talked about everything, from the Dodgers to the revolution. — David Meltzer Copy Share Image
I wanted to play for the New York Yankees. That was the bottom line. I wanted to be there and play in that new… — Andy Pettitte Copy Share Image
I'm glad and proud to finally come overseas to play for Brooklyn. — Bojan Bogdanovic Copy Share Image
In 1958, Brooklyn Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley broke countless hearts when he moved the team known as the Boys of Summer to Los Angeles… — Ed Henry Copy Share Image
I didn't want to play there when I first found out I was sold to Brooklyn, but I'm tickled to death. I'm glad I… — Pee Wee Reese Copy Share Image
I loved the game so much that even though our playing field was muddy and we had many trees on it, I used to… — Roberto Clemente Copy Share Image
I want to be remembered as a ballplayer who gave all I had to give. — Roberto Clemente Copy Share Image
When I was a little kid, I wanted to be a baseball player. This is something I think about. The more I think about… — Roberto Clemente Copy Share Image
The Dodgers told me a big bonus was no good, and they said other players would resent it. Better for me to take a… — Roberto Clemente Copy Share Image
But some people act like they think I live in the jungle someplace. — Roberto Clemente Copy Share Image
The farther away you writers stay, the better I like it. You know why? Because you're trying to create a bad image of me...… — Roberto Clemente Copy Share Image
Pitch me outside, I will hit .400. Pitch me inside, and you will not find the ball. — Roberto Clemente Copy Share Image
I used to watch Monte Irvin play when I was a kid. I idolized him. I used to wait in front of the ballpark… — Roberto Clemente 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
