Didn't Come Up Here To Read. Came

There Wasn't Much White People Would Allow Us To Do In Those Days. You Could Be A Schoolteacher Or An Athlete To Get Away From The Manual Labor And Servant-type Jobs, But There Wasn't Much Else They Were Going To Allow You [to] Do.

Maybe The Day Will Come When I Can Sit Back And Be Content....but Until That Day Comes, I Intend To Stay In The Batter's Box - I Don't Let The Big Guys Push Me Out Of There Anymore - And Keep Hammering Away.

There's Only One Way To Break The Color Line. Be Good. I Mean, Play Good. Play So Good That They Can't Remember What Color You Were Before The Season Started.

Making The Majors Is Not As Hard As Staying There, Staying Interested Day After Day. It's Like Being Married. The Hardest Part Is To Stay Married.

There Is No Such Thing As A Bed Of Roses All Your Life.