How You Played In Yesterday's Game Is

I Know That I Am A Black Man In A White World. . . I Know That I Never Had It Made.

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.

It Kills Me To Lose. If I'm A Troublemaker, And I Don't Think That My Temper Makes Me One, Then It's Because I Can't Stand Losing. That's The Way I Am About Winning, All I Ever Wanted To Do Was Finish First.

There's Not An American In This Country Free Until Every One Of Us Is Free.

I Don't Think That I Or Any Other Negro, As An American Citizen, Should Have To Ask For Anything That Is Rightfully His. We Are Demanding That We Just Be Given The Things That Are Rightfully Ours And That We're Not Looking For Anything Else.