Ball player Quote by Reggie Jackson

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

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

For many years, even after Jackie Robinson, baseball was so segregated, really. You just didn't expect us to have a chance to do anything.…

— Hank Aaron

I don't think it's the intent of baseball not to have black ballplayers, but we have to find a way to get these kids…

— Ken Griffey Jr

I'm always telling people baseball needs to be more prominent in the African American community. What a better way to do so, going on…

— Matt Kemp

“The black newspaper writers were nearly unanimous in their support for integration, and so were the owners of Negro-league teams, even though Jim Crow…

— Jonathan Eig

I never look at myself as a black player. I think of myself as a hockey player that wants to be the best player…

— P.K. Subban

We used to have an all-Black baseball team, all Black stars and when White folks took Jackie Robinson and brought him into the major…

— Louis Farrakhan

If I had been white with the things I did, they never would have allowed me to get out of baseball.

— Jackie Robinson

I consider myself a very driven baseball player who wants to be better.

— Tommy Pham

All you ever want as a baseball player is the respect of your peers, whether it's the people you play against or the people…

— Chipper Jones

You've got to realize in baseball, not everything goes the way you want.

— Ronald Acuna Jr