Birmingham Quotes

You feel as if you've been projected into the 21st Century... Yes, it's my kinda town. So long, Birmingham. Here's looking at ya. - Telly Savalas

You can't spend Mardi Gras in Birmingham. - Judy Jones

With a great showing in this tournament, we have a chance to get into the state's top 10 poll. Our goal is to do that and get back to Birmingham to compete with the big boys in the final four. We have a tremendous opportunity to make a statement down there. - Randy Halcomb

While growing up in Birmingham around a lot of West Indian people, reggae and calypso were big influences early on but Otis Redding was the one person who made me wanna sing myself. - Roland Gift

When the Birmingham movement happened, it just stunned me, ... I felt a tiny breath of something very powerful. It changed the whole direction of my life's interest. - Taylor Branch

When I was in Birmingham I used to go to a place called Redwood Field. I used to get there for a two o'clock game. Where can you make this kind of money playing sports? It was just a pleasure to go out and enjoy myself and get paid for it. - Willie Mays

What came from Manchester; Stevie Winwood and Spencer Davis were the Birmingham contingent and then from the North we had The Animals, Eric Burdon -- and further up north was the Alex Harvey Band from Scotland. We all converged on London, we all had our own different styles, and it just became the London melting pot, really. - John Mayall

We've got to defend better, and we defended better today. Birmingham are a team that are very direct. They knock it up to two very big men up there, and they rely on that second ball. - David O'Leary