Gio Gonzalez Quotes

Like Nemanja Vidic, I came from a small town in a small country in Eastern Europe, but we had reached the top.

I've always wanted to throw a first pitch out, and nothing like doing it near your hometown where you live.

I'm living out a childhood fantasy. Our house is in a historic district of a small town that I used to read about in storybooks.

I've always wanted to win in my hometown.

I'm from Port Arthur, Texas! Little guy! Little character guy from one of the saddest oil-refinery towns in America. And here I was driving over to Beverly Hills, to 20th Century Fox, to be on 'M*A*S*H!'

I always wanted to say I came out of the cornfields and got to the major leagues. That was my biggest thought. But now I can say I came out of the cornfields and got to the Hall of Fame.

I grew up on such a small island, and professional theater seemed so far away. I never, ever thought I'd get so lucky to be appearing in movies.

I really, really look up to Carrie Underwood a lot because she came from a small town that has the same population as mine - 3,500 people.

It's always great to perform at home in the good ol' U.S.A.

When you do some things in baseball in the city where you grow up and then you come back on a second opportunity, it's special.

I'm just a skinny kid from Glennville, Georgia - 3,500 people, two traffic lights - going to the Hall of Fame.

I started playing basketball very late, and for me to make it to the league so fast... I've always said my life is a movie.

Nothing really comes easy to you when you're under-recruited, you're undersized, you're undervalued. It's a situation where you have to be better than the bigger guys.

I understand it's promotion, but no one ever gave me a chance. No one ever thought I'd be the champ, and look where I'm at now.

I could have gone to a bigger school. I use it as motivation going to a school that loved me. I wanted to put them on the map and show everyone that you don't need to go to a top school to make it in the NBA.

My journey has practically been a typical Hindi film script. I was a boy from a small town who wanted to make a future in dancing. Everyone though that I won't be able to do anything.

It's a dream come true. I get to play for my hometown team, the team I grew up rooting for.

I like to think I defied the odds my entire life, definitely my entire athletic career.

Every single thing related to Old Trafford is amazing. When I was a little kid, I dreamed of playing in a real field, but I never imagined something as fantastic as this.

For me, it was the right decision to go to United, because going to the top of the mountain was my dream, especially when you come from Eastern Europe, from a small town, and no one's done it before you.

I am deeply grateful to the President and to my country. ... To come from Cincinnati, Ohio, for God's sake, then to go to Hollywood, and to get this kind of tribute from my country. ... I love this country so much.

I get more inspired by seeing everyday people succeed against the odds than anything else in life.

A kid with a dream from Akron Ohio. Now chopping it up with the Prez. Life is Good

I'm gonna fight, and I'm gonna make something out of nothing. That's pretty much the American dream. So, for me, the realization that I could speak to people like that came first on a small scale. Then it just started happening. I started having this vibration.

A lot of people think Major League’s called Wild Thing. As they should.