“I met Joe Louis. I met Cab Calloway. I met Count Basie. See, they were all around Kansas City.”
Byron Johnson
“It's an honor fighting on his birthday, because of what he did for my idol, my hero, Joe Louis,”
Lamon Brewster
“When major-league baseball came to Kansas City, Ewing Kauffman always said Joe deserved most of the credit for making that happen.”
David Glass
“Contrary to several conflicting stories, I got the name "Count" right in Kansas City in 1936 while at the Reno Club. I was known as Bill Basie at that time. One night, while we were broadcasting, the announcer called me to the microphone for those usual few words of introduction. He commented that Bill Basie was a rather ordinary name, and further that there were a couple of well-known bandleaders named Earl Hines and Duke Ellington. Then he said, `Bill, I think I'll call you Count Basie from now on. Is that all right with you?' I thought he was kidding, shrugged my shoulders and replied, `OK.'”
Count Basie
“If you're playing for the Kansas City Royals, ... about all you can do is beat your head against the wall.”
John Kruk
“Deficiencies exist, ... Someone may undergo strict screening in Kansas City, while someone else can slip a pistol by screeners in New Orleans and this is intolerable.”
Norman Mineta
“I think they were shocked. Because they beat us by 20 up there (in Kansas City).”
Dave Ketterman
