Always Quote by Monte Irvin

Willie Wells, Ray Dandridge, Leon Day, Buck Leonard, Quincy Troupe, Satchel Paige - earlier than when he was called up - Oscar Charleston and…

— Monte Irvin

Everyone says we have our first African American president. Has there ever been a Jewish president? An Italian president? They don't say a damn…

— Monte Irvin

I was all-state in four sports in New Jersey, but sometimes I couldn't get served at a restaurant two blocks from my high school.…

— Monte Irvin

My mother was a Bible student, and when I was a youngster, both my mother and father would say, 'If people would only live…

— Monte Irvin

We used to look at each other and say, 'We play the same game with the same rules, the same bat, the same ball,…

— Monte Irvin

Early in life I learned, just through observation, that right always wins out over wrong. If a person has good intentions in his heart…

— Monte Irvin

I played for Almendares in Cuba. Guess who was trying out for the team? Castro. Fidel Castro, as a pitcher. He could throw pretty…

— Monte Irvin

For me, there was nothing like my time with the Eagles - ever. We were young, and the world was new to us. It…

— Monte Irvin

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

It was in 1942 and I flew from St. Louis to Mexico City. I had just gotten married and we were on our honeymoon.…

— Monte Irvin

The reason we had an all-black outfield in '51 is Don Mueller got hurt, so Hank Thompson was a legitimate replacement. So what? People…

— Monte Irvin

Oscar Charleston was the Willie Mays of his day. Nobody ever played center field better than Willie Mays. Suppose they had never given Willie…

— Monte Irvin