I’m a human being I’m not a piece of property. I am not a consignment of goods. Curt Flood Read Quote
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. Curt Flood Read Quote
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. Curt Flood Read Quote
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. Curt Flood Read Quote
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. Curt Flood Read Quote
I was leaving probably one of the greatest organizations in hte world at that time for what was probably one of the least like, and, by God, this is America. Curt Flood Read Quote
People try to make a Greek tragedy of my life, and they can’t do it. I’m too happy. Curt Flood Read Quote
