I'm Not Concerned With Your Liking Or

Are You Looking For A Negro Who Won't Fight Back?

Baseball, Like Some Other Sports, Poses As A Sacred Institution Dedicated To The Public Good, But It Is Actually A Big, Selfish Business With A Ruthlessness That Many Big Businesses Would Never Think Of Displaying.

I Had To Fight Hard Against Loneliness, Abuse, And The Knowledge That Any Mistakes I Made Would Be Magnified Because I Was The Only Black Man Out There... I Never Cared About Acceptance As Much As I Cared About Respect.

The Right Of Every American To First-class Citizenship Is The Most Important Issue Of Our Time.

I Do Not Believe That Every Person, In Every Walk Of Life, Can Succeed In Spite Of Any Handicap. That Would Be Perfection. But I Do Believe That What I Was Able To Attain Came To Be Because We Put Behind Us (no Matter How Slowly) The Dogmas Of The Past: To Discover The Truth Of Today; And Perhaps The Greatness Of Tomorrow.