Curt Flood Quotes
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I'd often wondered what would I do if I were ever traded, because it happened many, many times.
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There is no such thing as bragging. You're either lying or telling the truth.
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After twelve years in the major leagues, I do not feel I am a piece of property to be bought and sold irrespective of my wishes. I believe that any system which produces that result violates my basic rights as a citizen and is inconsistent with the laws of the United States and of the several States.
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I lost money, coaching jobs, a shot at the Hall of Fame.
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Baseball was socially relevant, and so was my rebellion against it.
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The baseball establishment is permissive about revelry.
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I'm a human being. I'm not a piece of property. I'm not a consignment of goods.
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I'll 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.
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If you destroyed the underpinnings of this great American sport, you are a hated, ugly, detestable person.
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The funny thing about these uniforms is that you hang them in the closet and they get smaller and smaller.
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Everybody thinks of baseball as a sacred cow. When you have the nerve to challenge it, people look down their noses at you. There are a lot of things wrong with a lot of industries....baseball is one of them.
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I am pleased that God made my skin black - but I wish He had made it thicker.
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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.
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A well-paid slave is nonetheless a slave.
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People try to make a Greek tragedy of my life, and they can't do it. I'm too happy.
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I lost money, coaching jobs, a shot at the Hall of Fame. But when you weigh that against all the things that are really and truly important, things that are deep inside you, then I think I've succeeded.
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And I'd be lying if I told you that as a black man in baseball I hadn't gone through worse times than my teammates.
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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 wasn't going to get a raise.