Curt Flood Quotes

• I lost money, coaching jobs, a shot at the Hall of Fame. But when you weigh that against all the things that are really and truly important, things that are deep inside you, then I think I've succeeded.

  Curt Flood

  Jobs, Thinking, Coaching

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• A well-paid slave is nonetheless a slave.

  Curt Flood

  Slave, Wells, Paid

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• I am pleased that God made my skin black - but I wish He had made it thicker.

  Curt Flood

  Black, Wish, Skins

  Curt Flood, Richard Carter (1971). “The way it is”, Trident Press (WA)

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• 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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  Player, White, People

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

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  Pieces, Goods, Humans

  "Baseball". Documentary, 1994.

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• There is no such thing as bragging. You're either lying or telling the truth.

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  Lying, Bragging, Telling The Truth

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• Dear Mr. Kuhn, After twelve years in the major leagues, I do not feel that I am a piece of property to be bought and sold irrespective of my wishes

  Curt Flood

  Baseball, Years, League

  Curt Flood, Richard Carter (1971). “The way it is”, Trident Press (WA)

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• Everybody thinks of baseball as a sacred cow. When you have the nerve to challenge it, people look down their noses at you. There are a lot of things wrong with a lot of industries....baseball is one of them.

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  Baseball, Thinking, People

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• 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.

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  Baseball, Unique, Decision

  Curt Flood, Richard Carter (1971). “The way it is”, Trident Press (WA)

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• 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.

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  Baseball, Lying, Men

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

  Curt Flood

  Jobs, Coaching, Fame

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

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  People, Greek, Trying

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• 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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  Thinking, Years, Black

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

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  Baseball, Uprising, Rebellion

  Curt Flood, Richard Carter (1971). “The way it is”, Trident Press (WA)

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• I'd often wondered what would I do if I were ever traded, because it happened many, many times.

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  Happened, Ifs

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

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  Sports, Squash, Ugly

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• The baseball establishment is permissive about revelry.

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  Baseball, Establishment, Revelry

  Curt Flood, Richard Carter (1971). “The way it is”, Trident Press (WA)

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• The funny thing about these uniforms is that you hang them in the closet and they get smaller and smaller.

  Curt Flood

  Baseball, Funny Things, Uniforms

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