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Curt Flood Quotes
All the grand work was laid for people who came after me. The Supreme Court decided not to give it to me, so they gave it to two white guys. I think thats what they were waiting for. - Curt Flood Quotes
And Id be lying if I told you that as a black man in baseball I hadnt gone through worse times than my teammates. - Curt Flood Quotes
Baseball regards us as sheep. - Curt Flood Quotes
Baseball was socially relevant, and so was my rebellion against it. - Curt Flood Quotes
But I want you to know that what Im doing here Im doing as a ballplayer, a major league ballplayer. - Curt Flood Quotes
But when you weigh that against all the things that are really and truly important, things that are deep inside you, then I think Ive succeeded. - Curt Flood Quotes
Customary though it may be to write about that institutionalized pastime as though it existed apart from the general environment, my story does not lend itself to such treatment. - Curt Flood Quotes
I lost money, coaching jobs, a shot at the Hall of Fame. - Curt Flood Quotes
I was leaving probably one of the greatest organizations in hte world at that time for what was probably one of the least like, and, by God, this is America. - Curt Flood Quotes
I was telling my story to deaf ears, because I was telling my story to a person who would give their first-born child to be doing what I was doing. - Curt Flood Quotes
I was told by the general manager that a white player had received a higher raise than me. Because white people required more money to live than black people. That is why I wasnt going to get a raise. - Curt Flood Quotes
Id often wondered what would I do if I were ever traded, because it happened many, many times. - Curt Flood Quotes
Ill also say, yes, I think the change in black consciuosness in recent years has made me more sensitive to injustice in every area of my life. - Curt Flood Quotes
Im a child of the sixties, Im a man of the sixties. During that period of time this country was coming apart at the seams. We were in Southeast Asia. Good men were dying for America and for the Constitution. - Curt Flood Quotes
Im a human being Im not a piece of property. I am not a consignment of goods. - Curt Flood Quotes
If you destroyed the underpinnings of this great American sport, you are a hated, ugly, detestable person. - Curt Flood Quotes
It was so difficult for the fans to understand my problems with baseball. - Curt Flood Quotes
People try to make a Greek tragedy of my life, and they cant do it. Im too happy. - Curt Flood Quotes
Remember when I told you about the American dream? That if you worked hard enough and tried hard enough and kicked yourself in the butt, youd succeed? Well, I think I did, I think I did. - Curt Flood Quotes
The baseball establishment is permissive about revelry. - Curt Flood Quotes
Whatever I contributed to the unique morale of the Cardinals was part of this growth, and so, of course, was my decision to have it out in public with the owners of organized baseball. - Curt Flood Quotes
Quotes Cloud
After Baseball Black Came Court Gave Give
Gone Grand Guys Laid Lying People Regards
Sheep Supreme Teammates Than That Thats They
Think Through Times Told Waiting Were What
White Work Worse
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