Top 45 Milwaukee Quotes

My goal is to win in Milwaukee, bring a championship in the city, and make the team a lot better. So I would never leave for L.A.

I was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on June 15, 1916. My father, an electrical engineer, had come to the United States in 1903 after earning his engineering diploma at the Technische Hochschule of Darmstadt, Germany.

Wherever you go, things change you. I mean, obviously moving to Miami and becoming part of the NBA has given me a different perspective on style than I had when I lived in Chicago or Milwaukee.

I go to Milwaukee, I get cut, that really put a funk in me. I’m like, ‘Man, it’s over for me. I can’t even make it in training camp now?’

I consider the West Coast home, but Milwaukee is still a special place.

I didn’t like the way I shot the ball in Milwaukee, so I worked really hard on my shooting – threes off the move and off the catch. And also continued to work on my ball-handling and my in-between game – my runners and floaters.

I enjoyed playing in L.A. and being a Laker. But I couldn’t be happier playing in Milwaukee. This has been an amazing situation to come into.

I grew up playing in an alley on the south side of Milwaukee.

I love Milwaukee, I love the fans, the city – it works hard, I work hard and I’ve always done that since the first day I decided to play basketball.

I would love to be part of more partnerships and help develop new campaigns that celebrate Milwaukee and support local business.

Many times when we are talking about displacement, we talk about it within the frame of gentrification, which focuses on transitioning neighborhoods. But man, every city I’ve looked at, Milwaukee included, most evictions are right there, smack dab in ungentrifying, poor, segregated communities.

When I was in Milwaukee, I would go into this sneaker shop near my mom’s salon and chop it up with the older heads about music. At school, I would make drum noises on the table so much that I would always get suspended.

As mayor of Milwaukee, I’ve had many developers come and many businesses come and have asked for financial assistance from the city, and my questions have always been: how many jobs are we talking about and are these family-supporting jobs.

I’m always excited to play my hometown, but I’m kind of past the Milwaukee thing.

The kind of acting I used to enjoy no longer exists because your prime consideration is the budget, running time, the cost – and whether they’ll understand it in Milwaukee.

One of the nice things about the United States is that, wherever you go, people speak the same language. So native New Yorkers can move to San Francisco, Houston, or Milwaukee and still understand and be understood by everyone they meet. Right? Well, not exactly. Or, as a native New Yorker might put it, ‘Wrong!’

I feel very fortunate to have broken in with the Milwaukee Braves organization.

I’m a really competitive guy. I’m a really stubborn guy. That’s what makes me want to take Milwaukee to the top, make Milwaukee a big market team. That’s a goal I’ve set for myself. Hopefully, one day I can achieve it.

There are a lot of people in Milwaukee who have had adverse impacts from Scott Walker. He’s managed to mess over everyone in Milwaukee.

There is so much talent in Milwaukee, and such diversity.

It’s definitely different than living in Los Angeles or Miami Beach, but Milwaukee is still a great city in its own right. As far as the baseball goes, it’s been everything and more than I thought it was going to be.

Thanks to the great fans of Milwaukee. Their work ethic truly inspires me every night.

Sean Sweeney is a defensive guy that did a great job with Milwaukee.

The crowds in Milwaukee are awesome.

Milwaukee is really quiet. The people here are really respectful. They can see me in the street, walking on the road. I can go to anyplace in Milwaukee without people being all over me. I appreciate that.

Milwaukee is a small-market team, but I love it.

I rooted for the Milwaukee Brewers and its stars, Robin Yount and Paul Molitor. I went to a lot of games, including the World Series in 1982. The Brewers may have been a bad team for most of my life, but to have your team at its peak when you are thirteen years old is an experience I wish for every fan.

I love Milwaukee! I’m going to be in Milwaukee 20 years! I’ll be here so long, they’ll be sick of me!

Lambeau was always special, and so was Milwaukee.

It’s really time for the State of Wisconsin to form a better relationship with the greater Milwaukee area.

In Milwaukee, I was a young player and I didn’t get the time that everybody expected, but that comes with the territory.

I was born in Washington, D.C., and I was raised in Milwaukee.

Being from Milwaukee is a badge of honor.

Often audiences vary… but I’ve always found Milwaukee to be a fabulous place to play with great audiences and very hip.

The one thing I try to do with my business in real estate is try to be as creative as I can, think outside of the box and take advantage of the fortunate platform that I have, and the network I can grow within the city of Milwaukee via the Bucks, or within the Notre Dame network, or being from Boston.

Winning a championship in Milwaukee, it’s not about my other business. It’s about bringing the notoriety to a great city.

I’m from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I moved to L.A. when I was about eleven years old. I always go back to Milwaukee whenever I can. Just chill with my grandpa and my grandmother and just be with family, be with people that were there before I got a million views on YouTube because of my music video.

St. Louis is closer to Minneapolis than Milwaukee is.

When people ask if Marquette University is in Michigan, and I tell them my alma mater is in Milwaukee, they sometimes say, ‘What’s the difference?’

It’s pretty ridiculous how nice people are in Milwaukee. It’s like you’re a member of everyone’s family or something.

It’s the Milwaukee Bucks. Unless they give you good, good money, then go, but you don’t leave New York for Milwaukee.

There’s more people to ignore in New York or Boston than there are in Milwaukee, but I would still ignore them, probably.

Before I came to Milwaukee, I’d heard the city was the most segregated in the country. I’d heard it was racist. When I got here, it was extremely segregated. I’ve never lived in a city this segregated.

You know I’m a Chicago kid, and Chicago will always have a big piece of my heart. But with Milwaukee – for me it was just love at first sight. As soon as I got here, I was like, Wow, this is the place for me.

I wasn’t expecting to be traded, so it definitely was a surprise to me. But things happen in this league so I just decided to take in stride and start a new journey in Milwaukee.