"I was leaving probably one of the greatest……" — Curt Flood
"I was leaving probably one of the greatest organizations in hte world at that time for what was probably one of the least like, and, by God, this is America."
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26 Quotes by Curt Flood
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Baseball was socially relevant, and so was my rebellion against it.
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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 that God made my skin black - but I wish He had made it thicker.
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A well-paid slave is nonetheless a slave.
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I lost money, coaching jobs, a shot at the Hall of Fame. But when you weigh that against all the…
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I'm a human being I'm not a piece of property. I am not a consignment of goods.
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There is no such thing as bragging. You're either lying or telling the truth.
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Everybody thinks of baseball as a sacred cow. When you have the nerve to challenge it, people look down their…
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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…
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Whatever I contributed to the unique morale of the Cardinals was part of this growth, and so, of course, was…
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If you destroyed the underpinnings of this great American sport, you are a hated, ugly, detestable person.
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I was told by the general manager that a white player had received a higher raise than me. Because white…
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My Latin temper blows up pretty fast, but it goes down just as fast. Maybe that's why you seldom hear…
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When bright young minds can't afford college, America pays the price.
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Today, the Iraqi citizen sees that America is coming and wants to occupy his country and kill him, and he…
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Is there an equality of power between America and Iraq? Definitely not; however, the Iraqi people are standing fast and…
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There's no lack of writers writing novels in America, about America. Therefore, it seems to me it would be wasteful…
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God bless the USA, so large, so friendly, and so rich.
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You know there are no secrets in America. It's quite different in England, where people think of a secret as…
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A tremendous number of people in America work very hard at something that bores them. Even a rich man thinks…
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It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too much. I can see myself…
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If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do…
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