Pop flies, in a sense, are just a diversion for a second baseman. Grounders are his stock trade.
I don't think that I or any other Negro, as an American citizen, should have to ask for anything that is rightfully his. We are demanding that we just be given the things that are rightfully ours and that we're not looking for anything else.
I'm not goin' anywhere, I'm right here!
How you played in yesterday's game is all that counts.
A life isn't significant except for its impact on others' lives.
I had to fight hard against loneliness, abuse, and the knowledge that any mistakes I made would be magnified because I was the only black man out there... I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.