Dennis Eckersley Quotes

Every player that plays for any organization, having great fans on your side every night is a great thing.

I'm excited about being here in an organization that I grew up rooting for... I'm excited about being an Atlanta Brave and pitching in Game 1.

I have a love for Shea Stadium and its fans. I had so much fun with the fans. Yeah, they booed me. I was like, 'I know, I know.'

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

We have always had great and loyal fans in Oakland.

I think the preponderant opinion clearly was that St. Louis could be a great football city if it had a team of its own that they could really root for.

We are playing at home, with full stadiums and passionate fans. It will be very special moment for me.

It wasn't like it is now. But for the types of teams we had, the fans were very good here. On some Thursday afternoon games, we'd get 25,000 fans. That was remarkable. This has always been a great Red Sox city.

The most beautiful thing in the world is a ballpark filled with people.

As a citizen of the great city of Chicago, I find it impossible to root against the White Sox. The White Sox organization has been much more consistent, in my lifetime at least, at putting a winning ballclub on the field.

Brooklyn was the most wonderful city a man could play in, and the fans there were the most loyal there were.

The crowd makes the ballgame.

I'm dying to play in the playoffs. Dying to bring a little success back to Edmonton. I think the fans deserve it, the city deserves it.

It's fun coming to the ballpark when you're winning.

It's nice to be back in front of the fans and being in Boston.

Sports passion is deeply, infamously territorial: our city-state is better than your city-state because our city-state's team beat your city-state's team. My attachment to the Sonics is approximately the reverse of this.

The fans have been amazing at Kingsmeadow, and we've really settled in. It's our new home, and we want to embrace that and perform for the fans.

It's a lot of fun, especially when you're winning. Playing at home in front of the best fans - doesn't get any better than that.

Because Cards' fans are the most knowledgeable and loyal in all of baseball, they booed almost reluctantly, polite as booing goes, what would have passes as a standing ovation in Philly.

When you win, it's definitely there. The energy definitely goes up. That's the way you want to keep it. That's the way we love it around here in Chicago.

I have family and friends who are strong Cardinal fans, and they are having a tough time since I signed. They want to root for me, but rooting for the Cubs is next to a sin.

I've been looking forward to going back to Huddersfield. I was manager when the club moved from Leeds Road to the new stadium and it contributed to us getting promotion.

I can confirm I feel more at home at Roma than elsewhere. I was adopted by the club, the staff and the fans. From the first day I sensed this great atmosphere.

I think it's awesome. Playing here in Baltimore is a dream come true for me.

Obviously, I love Boston. I love the passion. It kind of matches my personality. The fans, I almost feel like they're just as passionate as me.