"I was told by the general manager that……" — Curt Flood
"I was told by the general manager that a white player had received a higher raise than me. Because white people required more money to live than black people. That is why I wasn't going to get a raise."
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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'd often wondered what would I do if I were ever traded, because it happened many, many times.
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