I'd often wondered what would I do if I were ever traded, because it happened many, many times.

A well-paid slave is nonetheless a slave.

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.

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

If you destroyed the underpinnings of this great American sport, you are a hated, ugly, detestable person.

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

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