Life Is Not A Spectator Sport.

Baseball, Like Some Other Sports, Poses As A Sacred Institution Dedicated To The Public Good, But It Is Actually A Big, Selfish Business With A Ruthlessness That Many Big Businesses Would Never Think Of Displaying.

I Had To Fight Hard Against Loneliness, Abuse, And The Knowledge That Any Mistakes I Made Would Be Magnified Because I Was The Only Black Man Out There... I Never Cared About Acceptance As Much As I Cared About Respect.

I Guess You'd Call Me An Independent, Since I've Never Identified Myself With One Party Or Another In Politics. I Always Decide My Vote By Taking As Careful A Look As I Can At The Actual Candidates And Issues Themselves, No Matter What The Party Label.

The Right Of Every American To First-class Citizenship Is The Most Important Issue Of Our Time.

I'm Not Goin' Anywhere, I'm Right Here!