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I Don't Think Baseball Owes Colored People Anything. I Don't Think Colored People Owe Baseball Anything, Either.

My Father Loved Baseball And He Cultivated My Talent. I Don't Think He Ever Had Any Doubt In His Mind That I Would Play Professional Baseball Someday.

I Needed To Join The Navy. If You Ask The People In Europe Who Won World War Ii, They Don't Say The Allies, They Say The United States Won The War And Saved The World.

Baseball In The Navy Always Was Much More Fun Than It Had Been In The Major Leagues.

The Soldiers That Didn't Come Back Were The Heroes. It's A Roll Of The Dice. If A Bullet Has Your Name On It, You're A Hero. If You Hear A Bullet Go By, You're A Survivor.