Come Quote by Reggie Jackson

When you hit a player in the head, you're more apt to get some fisticuffs or, you know, bring both teams out on the…

— Reggie Jackson

There wasn't a game in the Eighties when you didn't get racial abuse as a black player.

— John Barnes

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

I used to tell Jackie (Robinson) sometimes when they were throwing at him, 'Jackie, they aren't throwing at you because you are black. They…

— Pee Wee Reese

That happened a lot. I'm a little girl hitting with people who were older, and they were surprised by how balls came off my…

— Coco Gauff

Too often, black athletes are presented as angry, overly aggressive and overly sexual. Or sometimes, they're just plain emasculated.

— Jemele Hill

When I was a player the mentality was black people would make good players but weren't captain material or managerial material. That stereotyping existed.

— Chris Hughton

I have been racially abused by fans and players, but sometimes it's just a way to get under your skin.

— Edgar Davids

My reality was that if there was a defenseless player, if that person didn't touch the ball, I would not hit them. I was…

— Willie Lanier

Although study after study shows black men are more likely to be victims of crime, rarely do they receive victim treatment. When black athletes…

— Jemele Hill

It was a breaking period for black people coming into baseball, and how many followed depended on Jackie's conduct. But that's not the case…

— Frank Robinson

“When there is more concern for white sports fans in the vicinity of a riot than the black people facing off with police, there…

— Cindy Milstein