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.

The funny thing about these uniforms is that you hang them in the closet and they get smaller and smaller.

People try to make a Greek tragedy of my life, and they can't do it. I'm too happy.

I am pleased that God made my skin black - but I wish He had made it thicker.

Dear Mr. Kuhn, After twelve years in the major leagues, I do not feel that I am a piece of property to be bought and sold irrespective of my wishes

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.

A well-paid slave is nonetheless a slave.