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Curt Flood

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

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Donna Grant

"A Stander-by is often a better judge of the game than those that play."

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Donna Grant

"Sports for me is: S for Skill, P for Perseverance, O for Optimism, R for Resilience, T for Tenacity, S for Stamina"

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Donna Grant

"Manny has swung with many men, but many men never seen Manny's blissful swing."

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Donna Grant

"For truly it is to be noted, that children's plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions."

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Donna Grant

"The day they put me in the net I had a good game. I've stayed there since."

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Donna Grant

"Nixon was a bad loser. He hated losing worse than death, and that is why I enjoyed him. We were both football fans, both addicts; and on some days, nothing else mattered."

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Donna Grant

"Some guys are admired for coming to play, as the saying goes. I prefer those who come to kill."

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Donna Grant

"The two championship years were that significant for me."

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Donna Grant

"Does that mean we should give up? Probably. But there are two issues worth considering. The first is - is it really true that drugs destroy the integrity of the game?"

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Donna Grant

"There are some guys you have problems beating because of their style - I always had difficulties with guys like Michael Chang and Andre Agassi because their returns were so good and they played so well in defence."

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Curt Flood
"All the grand work was laid for people who came after me. The Supreme Court decided not to give it to me, so they gave it to two white guys. I think that's what they were waiting for."

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Curt Flood
"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."

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Curt Flood
"Customary though it may be to write about that institutionalized pastime as though it existed apart from the general environment, my story does not lend itself to such treatment."

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

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Curt Flood
"But I want you to know that what I'm doing here I'm doing as a ballplayer, a major league ballplayer."

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

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

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Curt Flood
"Remember when I told you about the American dream? That if you worked hard enough and tried hard enough and kicked yourself in the butt, you'd succeed? Well, I think I did, I think I did."

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Curt Flood
"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."

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

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