The Right Of Every American

A Life Is Not Important Except In The Impact It Has On Other Lives.

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.

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 Never Cared About Acceptance As Much As I Cared About Respect.

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