Quotes about oakland (16 Quotes)

We have always had great and loyal fans in Oakland.

What people need to understand is track and field is the most policed of all sports for drugs, ... Let's go and test baseball. Let's test football. You already got the designer steroid THG test on all these other sports -- and you're talking about one team the Oakland Raiders having four athletes. We may have only five or six in our whole federation. Is that fair to say how widespread it is in track and field It is not as big as it is in other sports. We're just policed more because we are true sport.

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?

At one point in time, I thought he'd be a first-round pick. He's not productive enough, he's up and down, he flashes. He's got that huge frame. I put him in the second round to Oakland. Somebody in the second round is rolling the dice. If you ask me where he grades out, he doesn't grade out that high. Because you want that guy inside that makes more plays, makes more of an impact and maximizes that ability on a game-to-game basis. That's not a Gabe Watson. I'd say second round and a roll of the dice pick.

It was an issue where I didn't feel respected, so I went in and said what I had to say. Then I called (Macha) when it looked like he wasn't coming back to Oakland and told him maybe there was a better way I could have handled it.

Feel it It is one of the more amazing things I've felt here. It's the resilience and the ability mentally for the team not to fold. They come back from deficits that where I came from (Oakland) they'd say let's get through nine and look for tomorrow.

If I win and get the money, then the Oakland Police department is going to buy a boys' home, me a house, my family a house, and a Stop Police Brutality Center.

Oakland revolved around Forbes Field. Nothing in the city could match that atmosphere.

Sonny and another Hells Angel who was at the meeting thought they were beyond a little patch so they headed down to a local tattoo shop in Oakland and were the first to get the famous One Percent tattoos.

Two days ago, we had just lost four straight and were tied with Oakland. Now we're back to a two-game lead. But as much as you pay attention to what they're doing, you can't really worry about that.

A lot of people thought I didn't like St. Louis. I loved it. Don't get me wrong. I loved Oakland. But the year I had in St. Louis - with the fans, the city and the baseball atmosphere - was so much fun. What could be better than that It's a great team moving into a new stadium. I can't say enough about the situation.

I like playing for Oakland, they have a very colorful uniform.

I think he should talk about the Oakland Athletics.

The Oakland clubhouse is a wonderful place. A lot of these guys feel like rejects. They were rejects and they feel - they can tell you how baseball screwed up.

Growing up in northern California has had a big influence on my love and respect for the outdoors. When I lived in Oakland, we would think nothing of driving to Half Moon Bay and Santa Cruz one day and then driving to the foothills of the Sierras the next day.

Every day's pretty big from here on out. It's unfortunate Oakland won tonight and we lose, but it probably won't be the last time that happens.