I Don't Like Needing Anyone For Anything.

You're Going To Be A Great Player, Kid.

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 Way I Figured It, I Was Even With Baseball And Baseball With Me. The Game Had Done Much For Me, And I Had Done Much For It.

Next Time I Go To A Movie And See A Picture Of A Little Ordinary Girl Become A Great Star… I’ll Believe It. And Whenever I Hear My Wife Read Fairy Tales To My Little Boy, I’ll Listen. I Know Now That Dreams Do Come True.

If I Had To Choose Between Baseball’s Hall Of Fame And First Class Citizenship For All Of My People. I Would Say First-class Citizenship.