Oakland Raiders Quotes

• Once a Raider, always a Raider.

  Al Davis

  Nfl, Raiders

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• I would definitely say the Oakland Raiders are the punk rock band of football.

  Billie Joe Armstrong

  Football, Rocks, Oakland

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• I saw greatness in John and he lived up to it. I also saw a tremendous competitor who loved to win. John is a standard bearer, someone that players, coaches, fans and the Raider Nation can all look up to. One of his great virtues, the fire that burned brightest in him, was his love and passion for football, which was seldom ever equaled.

  Al Davis

  Football, Passion, Greatness

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• My dream was to play football for the Oakland Raiders. But my mother thought I would get hurt playing football, so she chose baseball for me. I guess moms do know best.

  Rickey Henderson

  Mom, Baseball, Football

  Major League Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Speech, delivered 26 July 2009, Cooperstown, OH

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• Living in Ohio, I grew up an Oakland Raiders fan.

  Hugh Douglas

  Ohio, Oakland, Fans

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• As I and the rest of my Pittsburgh Steelers teammates prepared that week in late December 1974, we knew one thing: The road to the Super Bowl in the AFC went through Oakland. To achieve your dreams as a team, you had to slay the Oakland Raiders. They were the barometer of what it took to be a championship team.

  Joe Greene

  Dream, Team, Oakland

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• If it weren't for a new rule that came into being, we'd have played three years in a row in the championship game.

  Al Davis

  Years, Games, Nfl

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• Why should I talk to you? I don't know where you're from.

  Al Davis

  Nfl, Should, Raiders

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• We want to win. The Raider fans deserve it. The Raider players deserve it, even my organization deserves it. You have to win and you have to win with a vision for the Super Bowl. That's our passion here.

  Al Davis

  Passion, Winning, Player

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• If something is said about the Raiders, I'm ready to go to war.

  Jim Otto

  War, Raiders, Said

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• The fire that burns brightest in the Raiders organization is the will to win.

  Al Davis

  Winning, Fire, Organization

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• We would rather be feared than respected.

  Al Davis

  Nfl

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• What's going on with the Oakland Raiders? You know, I don't want to say the Raiders are bad, but you know, now, a lot of fans are painting their faces just so they won't be recognized.

  Jay Leno

  Oakland, Fans, Want

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• I have never forgiven myself…that I might have made a mistake.

  Al Davis

  Mistake, Nfl, Might

  "Davis and Shell say it's time to get tough" by Ira Miller, www.sfgate.com. February 12, 2006.

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• Wake up, Carolee, the plane is waiting for us, we have to get to the game.

  Al Davis

  Games, Nfl, Waiting

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• Randy Moss is not a leader. He doesn't deserve to be the captain of the Oakland Raiders. He's the one who said he wanted to be traded. He's not happy. His effort is lacking. That's a disgrace to the uniform. I don't care what uniform you have on.

  Boomer Esiason

  Oakland, Effort, Leader

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• No one could have brought in more personnel than we have to build a football team.

  Al Davis

  Football, Team, Nfl

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• Al Davis is a legend and his contribution and influence on the game of football, the National Football League, and the Oakland Raiders has been profound for decades. To view his contribution and influence on a season-by-season basis does not make sense: he has dominated the industry for a lifetime. I can't tell you how he may have impacted or guided other individuals during their careers but I can speak from personal experience. He inspires me to be better every day than I was the day before.

  Amy Trask

  Football, Views, Oakland

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• I'm in pro football to win, to have the Raiders dominate, to have the Raiders global, and we're not going to be able to do that with a half-filled stadium.

  Al Davis

  Football, Winning, Nfl

  "Houston's NFL Gain May Be Bay Area's Loss" by Ira Miller, www.sfgate.com. October 7, 1999.

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