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.

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

How you played in yesterday's game is all that counts.

I'm not goin' anywhere, I'm right here!

I don’t think it matters what I believe, only what I do.

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

I am not concerned with being liked or disliked. I am concerned with being respected