All 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.
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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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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 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.
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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, you'd succeed? Well, I think I did, I think I did.
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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'm a human being I'm not a piece of property. I am not a consignment of goods.
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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 that's what they were waiting for.
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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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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.
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But I want you to know that what I'm doing here I'm doing as a ballplayer, a major league ballplayer.
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Baseball was socially relevant, and so was my rebellion against it.
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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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