Anything Quote by Leon Day Download Open image “I was glad to play in the Negro Leagues. I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.” — Leon Day ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Anything Glad Leagues Play Trade World
I was branded a Negro in the States and had to act accordingly. They wouldn't even give me a chance in the big leagues… — Willie Wells Copy Share Image
In the Negro Leagues, we'd play three games a day on the weekends. Then we'd ride the bus and travel to play the next… — Ray Dandridge Copy Share Image
When I look back at what I had to go through in black baseball, I can only marvel at the many black players who… — Jackie Robinson Copy Share Image
I would love to see as many of the black players as possible in today's Major League Baseball make every effort to go to… — Ferguson Jenkins Copy Share Image
Today, Negroes play on every big league club and in every minor league. With millions of other Negroes in other walks of life, we… — Jackie Robinson Copy Share Image
We in the Negro leagues felt like we were contributing something to baseball, too, when we were playing. We played with a round ball,… — Buck Leonard Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Many of the greatest black athletes of all time played baseball for no money and no recognition. I'm just sorry many major league fans… — Monte Irvin Copy Share Image
I developed an interest in the history of the Negro leagues to the point where I visited the museum in Kansas City, Mo., twice… — Mick Foley Copy Share Image
If Id lived prior to the 1980s, it would have been different, because I would have been playing to prove African Americans are equal.… — Venus Williams Copy Share Image
Until spring training in 1946, the only time I pitched was in 1945 in the GI World Series. — Leon Day Copy Share Image
I was in Cuba in the winter of 1937. I was playing in Cuba, and I'm in the shower, and I slipped and caught… — Leon Day Copy Share Image
It would mean a lot to me to get into the Hall of Fame, to be grouped with some of the greatest players in… — Leon Day Copy Share Image
I guess I've never really wanted to be anything else. I've never even thought about having another job. — Owen Farrell Copy Share Image
I would give anything to be able to kick a ball with my son or read the kids a bedtime story. — Rob Burrow Copy Share Image
Comfort food is really anything you want at that time. That said, I really love Naple-style pizza. — Geoffrey Zakarian Copy Share Image
I haven't shut any doors, and I'm really open to anything, so I think it's just about the material and what is going to… — Danielle Panabaker Copy Share Image
When it really comes down to it, the job you do is more important and is more representative of who you are than your… — Michael Cudlitz Copy Share Image
The reason I'm drawn to it is - both the off road racing and the motorcycles on the track - it takes a lot… — Dax Shepard Copy Share Image
I never did drama at school. I did it for one term, when it was compulsory, and I hated it. Tennis was the main… — Luke Mitchell Copy Share Image
We live in such a special time when literally anything we can think of is possible — Daniel Willey Copy Share Image
You know, I'm from Baltimore; nobody has anything. When somebody had talent, I was hiring my uncle, my cousin, you know? Getting people that… — Sisqo Copy Share Image
I said to my agent, 'I want short, sharp, well-paid jobs because I haven't got time for anything else.' — Billie Whitelaw Copy Share Image
I think anything that anyone writes thats any good is going to have a lot of autobiography. — Stephen Adly Guirgis Copy Share Image
If the Bible is correct, and the Earth is only 6,000 years old, that means there were no dinosaurs, and museum curators have been… — Ron Shock Copy Share Image
