Detroit Sports Quotes

I'm a Detroit fan in everything pro and I'm a Notre Dame fan in college.

By 1946, I knew Detroit was the best hockey city in the Original Six.

Growing up, I always thought of Detroit as a basketball town because of the Pistons, but everyone says it's really, at its core, a football town.

I fought in Detroit 23 times.

My favorite player would probably be Steve Yzerman. He played in Detroit. I really liked the way he played and the way he handled himself.

For me, I grew up watching really good Detroit Pistons teams.

The Tigers, Lions, Red Wings, and Pistons are there today as sure as they were when what was good for General Motors was good for the country. Would you rather have a basketball team, or would you rather be Detroit?

I wrestled in Detroit many times before getting to WWE.

It's been a great honor for me to be a player for the Detroit Red Wings, to play for an Original Six franchise. I know I'm far from perfect, but I learned a lot.

But as a practical matter, Detroit's the sports city in the country.

I'm a Detroit Tigers fan through and through.

I played in Joe Louis in a playoff game. I played there when the roof caved in for half a season. The facility is great for basketball because it goes straight up, so you feel like the fans are on top of you.

By 1968, I had lived 10 years in Michigan. Gradually, I had come to love watching Detroit's baseball club in its small, beautiful, antiquated Tiger Stadium - a baseball park as fine as Fenway Park or Wrigley Field, though it never got the adulatory press.

We want to win a World Series for Detroit. That's our goal.