Pablo Sandoval Quotes

The Bay area made me who I am, and it only felt right to go back there.

There's something that happens to you when you come back to your hometown.

I was born not too far from Minneapolis, so it's nice to come back and visit.

Man, I love coming home. St. Louis is actually hard to capture.

'The Asylum Dance' was written after I'd moved back to Scotland and was a response to moving to my old home area of Fife.

I know a lot of people who say they want to leave Tulsa and go off to L.A. or New York City. But I can't wait to come back to Tulsa. It's a great place to be.

I liked St. Louis, when they were in the American League, because that was going home. I had all my family and friends there.

I've always wanted to win in my hometown.

I've taken my boys to the house I grew up in. Taken them to the site of Ebbets Field, where the Dodgers used to play. They go to all the Dodger games, and they play Little League ball. I have infused them with New York spirit.

Morocco is completely alive for me because I spent about a third of my life there. The first few times I went back to Casablanca, I walked through the streets and remembered how years earlier I had walked those same streets and prayed that a miracle would happen and I would leave and become famous.

My family lives there, so I come back sometimes between shows for a couple days. I get back a couple times a year. When I was 30 to 34 I was weirded out when I came back - you know, how your past gets away from you. It's grown so much.

So why am I an A's fan? Because, from 1901 to 1954, they were the Philadelphia Athletics. Philadelphia is my home town. The A's were the team I loved as a kid, and no gap of space or time can fray that bond.

New York, to me, even though I grew up here, there's something magical about it. I remember, every time I used to go to L.A. for work, when I'd come back and get off the plane and be driving towards the landscape of the city, I'd be beside myself with joy. It doesn't matter how many times!

I grew up in Wahpeton, N.D., and I didn't leave until I was 18, and I've kept going back.

It's always strange going back to Villa Park for me.

Everybody kind of feels something for where they grew up, where they came from.

Every time scoring against a former club is special because you know everyone around the place.

It's always special to return to Real Madrid because I've always considered it as being home. It's where I grew up, learned my trade, and the club has played a big part in who I am today.

My dad and some of them felt I should be playing on home soil and retire in front of the home crowd.

I'm gonna miss playing for my hometown team. Living five minutes down the road.

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

One of my favorite Finals was actually Detroit vs. Los Angeles, because it was home and home for me, personally. It was like my childhood home and my second home.

I do love my hometown. It really forged who I am in a major way.

It's always special playing in Australia and New Zealand.

U.P. is where I belong to, I was born in Meerut, so whenever I come here, I'm reminded of my childhood.