Philly Quotations

Believe me, although I really like the show, the reality of Philly Homicide is nothing like CBS's 'Cold Case.'

When I was in high school, I used to have breakfast with my grandpa every morning. He instilled a lot of values in me: hard work, loyalty. He grew up during the Great Depression in Philly in poverty - he didn't have enough to eat as a kid. Sometimes his family would get kicked out of their apartment because they couldn't pay the rent.

Philly is a city made up of many neighborhoods - more than a hundred, in fact - and the citizens can be very territorial.

In 2001, I moved from Philly to Atlanta, where I lived for six years. I had never lived anywhere but Philly, and you can imagine the culture shock; the Civil War seeps into daily life and conversation down South in a way it never does up North.

I think Philly is arguably the best sports town - football town - in America.

Philly is a place where people love change as long as things stay the same for them.

My grandfather got on the train in Milford to go to Philly and see Mr. Mack. He just walked into his office and asked him for one of his three top pitchers.

My heart is really hurt, ... Philly is a tough place to leave because it's one of the best organizations in pro sports. They have some of the classiest people in management and without a doubt the best owner. It hurts to know that they are going to have a good team this year and I'm not going to be a part of it.

Shout out to Daryl Hall. He is the best. One of my true musical heroes. He comes from the Philly area so when it comes to true soul, the guy obviously is the expert.

Philly has a little bit of an underdog sense of itself and it doesn't even realize how great it is.

Philly has always been one of our favorite towns to play in, and the fans have been very loyal and very supportive over the years.

Philly has been dominating things in the division, ... You aren't going to go anywhere until you can match up with them.

Philly has been dominating things in the division. You aren't going to go anywhere until you can match up with them.

Philly is not going to intimidate us. No chance.

Right now, for anybody in this organization -- I would hope in the entire town -- to be focused on anything other than Philly would be ridiculous. We're getting ready to play the most important game that a lot of our players will play. ... If we lose the game, we're not going anywhere. So my mind-set is on one thing, Philadelphia. That's the way I feel about it.

Right now, for anybody in this organization - I would hope in the entire town - to be focused on anything other than Philly would be ridiculous. We're getting ready to play the most important game that a lot of our players will play. ... If we lose the game, we're not going anywhere. So my mind-set is on one thing, Philadelphia. That's the way I feel about it.

I didn't want that Philly loss to cost us two games, thinking about how they beat up on us,

Funny, even though we're known as Philly musicians and our sound is predicated on that, I lived in Philly just four years, ... Then we both moved to NYC and lived there throughout the '70s and '80s.

Just so we can show those chumps in Atlanta and Philly what real hatred is.

Pittsburgh has been down for the past couple years, but we'd like to get back in it. Philly has been tremendous and we want to get to that level. It's exciting for the fans when you see each other more times per year. We hope to build more rivalries.

I think he really realized how much he missed this when he didn't get the Philly job.

It doesn't rally concern us, because he didn't attend Philly Lutheran. Paul had already graduated.

We need some pop. Going into Philly (tomorrow) ... we want him to get some realistic work.

We definitely hit little rut. Philly pitched us pretty tough, New York pitched us tough, and I'm sure Florida is going to pitch us pretty tough. It's not going to get any easier.

Duce was a Steelers fan growing up, so this represents the fulfillment of a childhood dream, ... At the end we did go back to Philly as he promised he would, but his re-involvement in their backfield rotation was a disincentive to re-signing there.

We all care about one thing and that's trying to win. I was in the same situation in Philly and there are always enough pucks, guys are playing their roles.

Tonight we just said we needed a win bad. Desperately. Philly is losing. The other teams are losing, and we have to take advantage of this.

The president of the Philly Fed is saying the Fed has to adapt to changing circumstances, ... With what's going on in New Orleans, I don't think the Fed can raise rates.

That Philly game was the worst feeling I had felt in a long time after we dominated. We felt like we had won the game, and to walk out of there with a loss was very disappointing.

This goes to show how far we've come since 2004. We were playing a great team like Philly on a Monday night with everybody watching. That's what you play the game for. We certainly stepped up to the challenge.

You're never really going to stop him, you just have to contain him, ... You have to keep trying to get hits on him. I watched that game against Philly and it's tough, but I'm looking forward to it.

I'm sure I'll be feeling some of the good Philly love when I get back there, and we all know what that means,

I never really thought of my neighborhood in South Philly as being a neighborhood; it was more a state of mind. For people who aren't familiar with those kinds of places, it's a whole different thing. Like, 42nd Street in New York City is a state of mind.

I listen to some of the comments on WIP - they're playing parts of the press conference - and I can see where people would read into things. But if anyone was at the press conference, I think would sense how much I enjoyed Philly and how I loved working for those people.

I looked at this as a five-game mini playoff series. We played Nashville, Dallas, Carolina, Philly and the Rangers and came out of it winning 3-2. With the exception of the Dallas game, we played real well. When we bear down and have a good focus, we're a good team.

I don't know if Philly is my first choice, but I like it enough to come back. They still have time.

He's a Philly guy, and we like to get after it. What player in the league wouldn't jump at the opportunity to play with a guy like Kobe Bryant,

Good thing the ball flies here. Didn't you hit two in Philly? Every two in Philly should count as one.

In my Philly neighborhood, black and white kids hung together without even thinking about it. The spirit of Martin Luther King was alive and well.

Any win is important nowadays. Obviously, Philly has been playing well and their score was posted on the scoreboard before we started. They lost and we knew we had a golden opportunity to gain a game. We went out and did it. So it's two more off the magic number, whatever it is. It's probably 100. But nonetheless, it's another day in the books and we gained a game.

A physical player that finished his checks and could play that grinding game which all fans would respect, but certainly in Philly they really respected that kind of play.

The big question now is whether the ISM survey will follow the Philly down and dip below 50,

You've got to give Philly credit. They hit the ball. They don't strike out. We're not striking anybody out at all and they're striking us out right now.

It's always a tricky race to call with the tactics, ... This race has been different every year. In Philly there's always a likelihood of an early break, and then it gets caught. It's pretty typical. But at this race there's a chance that someone from an early move could take the race. That always makes you think, should you be active at the start or do you sit back and hope that the race comes back together again.

It's always a tricky race to call with the tactics. This race has been different every year. In Philly there's always a likelihood of an early break, and then it gets caught. It's pretty typical. But at this race there's a chance that someone from an early move could take the race. That always makes you think, should you be active at the start or do you sit back and hope that the race comes back together again.

It's just so great to get an opportunity to play again. I loved playing here. I've played in Philly before, and I'm just so grateful that teams, if they need help, will consider me to come back and get a chance to play.

It shows how far we've come since 2004. When you're playing a great team like Philly on Monday night and you have everyone watching, that's what you play the game for.

He brings a lot of toughness. Those Philly guys always bring it.