The way I figured it, I was even with baseball and baseball with me. The game had done much for me, and I had done much for it.

Above anything else, I hate to lose.

Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead.

Are you looking for a Negro who won't fight back?

A life isn't significant except for its impact on others' lives.

I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.

Negroes aren't seeking anything which is not good for the nation as well as ourselves. In order for America to be 100 percent strong -- economically, defensively and morally -- we cannot afford the waste of having second- and third-class citizens.