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Ballplayer Quote by Curt Flood

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“But I want you to know that what I'm doing here I'm doing as a ballplayer, a major league ballplayer.”

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Baseball regards us as sheep.

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The funny thing about these uniforms is that you hang them in the closet and they get smaller and smaller.

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“I am pleased God made my skin black. I only wish He had to made it thicker.”

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Customary though it may be to write about that institutionalized pastime as though it existed apart from the general environment, my story does not…

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And I'd be lying if I told you that as a black man in baseball I hadn't gone through worse times than my teammates.

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Whatever I contributed to the unique morale of the Cardinals was part of this growth, and so, of course, was my decision to have…

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There is no such thing as bragging. You're either lying or telling the truth.

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I lost money, coaching jobs, a shot at the Hall of Fame. But when you weigh that against all the things that are really…

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All the grand work was laid for people who came after me. The Supreme Court decided not to give it to me, so they…

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I am pleased that God made my skin black - but I wish He had made it thicker.

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I'll also say, yes, I think the change in black consciuosness in recent years has made me more sensitive to injustice in every area…

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I was told by the general manager that a white player had received a higher raise than me. Because white people required more money…

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