39 Quotes by Curt Flood

I am pleased God made my skin black. I only wish He had to made it thicker.

Whatever I contributed to the unique morale of the Cardinals was part of this growth, and so, of course, was my decision to have it out in public with the owners of organized baseball.

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

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

I lost money, coaching jobs, a shot at the Hall of Fame.

I was told by the general manager that a white player had received a higher raise than me. Because white people required more money to live than black people. That is why I wasn't going to get a raise.

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'm a human being I'm not a piece of property. I am not a consignment of goods.

I'll also say, yes, I think the change in black consciuosness in recent years has made me more sensitive to injustice in every area of my life.