The Way I Figured It,

Pop Flies, In A Sense, Are Just A Diversion For A Second Baseman. Grounders Are His Stock Trade.

Life Is Not A Spectator Sport. If You're Going To Spend Your Whole Life In The Grandstand Just Watching What Goes On, In My Opinion You're Wasting Your Life.

I'm Not Concerned With Your Liking Or Disliking Me... All I Ask Is That You Respect Me As A Human Being.

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.

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.