Army Quote by Jackie Robinson

I remember one time being told I could not play in a basketball game at the College of William and Mary because I was…

— Walter Dean Myers

I really did not think a thing about playing five black players to start the game; they were our best players and deserved to…

— Don Haskins

Black players had an issue with Joe Torre. They weren't treated like everybody else. Even I got called out in a couple of meetings…

— Gary Sheffield

In the Negro Leagues, I played every day.

— Buck Leonard

When I was a kid, like 14 or 15, I played with the waiters from the hotel, 'cause that was the best game. And…

— Larry Bird

I know most of the black players who preceded and followed me at Duke. They all contribute to our tradition of excellence on the…

— Grant Hill

Growing up in Harlem, I had the chance to practice with a Negro League team. At fifteen, I was over six feet tall and…

— Walter Dean Myers

My teammates at Duke - all of them, black and white - were a band of brothers who came together to play at the…

— Grant Hill

Black and white players hadn't appeared together in public before Teddy Wilson and I began working with B.G.

— Anonymous

I speak to black and ethnic coaches who ring me, or write to me, for some advice. There is a frustration from a lot…

— Chris Hughton

I remember playing on pretty much an all-minority youth team and going to some of the tournaments north of Cincinnati and not being able…

— Barry Larkin

Probably no one here knows I coached a football team - a service team - playing against Georgetown. I think it was in the…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower