Baseball was socially relevant, and so was my rebellion against it.

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.

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

There is no such thing as bragging. You're either lying or telling the truth.

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.

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.

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