People try to make a Greek tragedy of my life, and they can't do it. I'm too happy.
More Quotes from Curt Flood:
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.Curt Flood
I'm a child of the sixties, I'm a man of the sixties. During that period of time this country was coming apart at the seams. We were in Southeast Asia. Good men were dying for America and for the Constitution.
Curt Flood
But I want you to know that what I'm doing here I'm doing as a ballplayer, a major league ballplayer.
Curt Flood
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
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.
Curt Flood
It was so difficult for the fans to understand my problems with baseball.
Curt Flood
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