- Kids are our future and we hope baseball has given them some idea of what it is to live together and how we can get along, whether you be black or white.
- Part of history? I have no notions about that. I just want to play baseball.
- On facing prejudice: "I couldn't react to situations from a physical standpoint. My reaction was to hit the ball as far as I could."
- The only difference [was] that Jackie Robinson got all of the publicity. You didn't hear much about what I was going through because the media didn't want to repeat the same story.
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