Penny Hardaway Quotes

Memphis don't bluff. It's a tight knit community.

The power of a sports team in a community it's almost indescribable.

You see guys who are on elite teams. I don't want to do that. I want to create something special here in Charlotte, something that we have never had here before. I want to create some consistency.

Everyone in the league would say that they would love to go back home and play for their city. It's just something about representing home.

When we root-root-root for the home team, we're rooting for our home as much as the team.

I went to Alabama, so I'm still very devoted to Alabama football and the SEC.

San Franciscans have a bond of self-satisfaction bordering on smugness.

There is nothing wrong with the name White Settlement, and the majority here is proud of the name.

We are fans because the game also appeals to our local pride, our pleasure in thinking of ourselves as, yes, Americans but nonetheless different from residents of other towns, other states, other regions.

It's not the Olympics. It's Concord, New Hampshire, and a homecoming should reflect the community I'm part of.

I think what's beautiful when you're looking at artists like Macklemore and you're looking at artists like Ayron Jones, they're proud of Seattle and they're bringing it back. Seattle's a real music town. When you act ashamed of that, you should be pushed outta the game as far as I'm concerned.

It's fun to come back to the town where I went to school and see all the new Wildcat players.

I'm proud of where I'm from. I'm proud of Long Island.

People are proud to be from Baltimore. In any industry you work in, you need support to survive. And this city has that support for anyone who was born here or lived here. And it also gives you the feeling, 'Oh, I stand for this place. And if I do something I'm not proud of, I might not make my town proud.' And I want to make Baltimore proud.

I'm a Clevelander. I've spent the majority of my adult life here. Every day when I come to work, it's 'Let's turn this team into a consistent winner.' Because it would be such a special story.

I consider myself a Chicagoan, and if anybody else does, that gratifies me.

I still think of myself as a Bostonian.

I want to be in Boston. I want to be here. I love this city, I love this team. I love the atmosphere it gives off.

I just wear the uniform of the city I'm from.

I still bleed purple and gold, so it was a no-brainer for me to go to LSU.

They said 'the SEC this, the SEC that.' I said, 'You talk like all 14 teams are this, that and the other thing.' I said, 'You have to give credit to the first one or two that have won the national championship, but don't act like they're all doing that.'

I love this city and the Chicago fans.

I can't believe the sense of community here, the amount of pride the people who run this city have in Las Vegas. They are wonderful.

If Alabama were 8-4, they'd still be dominating the conversation.

I want the University of Florida to be successful. I'm always going to be a Gator, unless I'm on the other sideline.