"I was all-state in four sports in New……" — 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. There were no job opportunities then... the only thing a black youth could aspire to be was a bellboy or a pullman or an elevator operator, or, maybe, a teacher. There was a time when all we had was black baseball."

— Monte Irvin

All Quotes All State Quotes Aspire Quotes Baseball Quotes Bellboy Quotes Black Quotes Black Baseball Quotes Black Youth Quotes Block Quotes Blocks Quotes Could Quotes Elevator Quotes Elevators Quotes Four Quotes From Quotes Get Quotes Get Served Quotes Had Quotes High Quotes High School Quotes Jersey Quotes Job Quotes Job Opportunities Quotes Jobs Quotes Maybe Quotes My High Quotes New Quotes New Jersey Quotes Only Quotes Operator Quotes Opportunities Quotes Opportunity Quotes Pullman Quotes Restaurant Quotes Restaurant Two Quotes Restaurants Quotes School Quotes Served Quotes Sometimes Quotes Sports Quotes State Quotes States Quotes Teacher Quotes The Only Thing Quotes Then Quotes Thing Quotes Time Quotes Time When Quotes Two Quotes Two Blocks Quotes Were Quotes Youth Quotes

12 Quotes by Monte Irvin

Monte Irvin has 12 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

See all 12 quotes by Monte Irvin »

More All Quotes

This quote is filed under All Quotes, one of 128,558 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally… — Hannah Arendt
No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our… — Hannah Arendt
The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all… — Hannah Arendt
The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes… — Hannah Arendt
Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of… — Hannah Arendt
We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and… — Hannah Arendt
I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is… — Pietro Aretino
We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
A friend to all is a friend to none. — Aristotle

See all 128,558 All Quotes »