Top 19 Quotes by 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.

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.

But I want you to know that what I'm doing here I'm doing as a ballplayer, a major league ballplayer.

I'm a human being I'm not a piece of property. I am not a consignment of goods.

The baseball establishment is permissive about revelry.

I'd often wondered what would I do if I were ever traded, because it happened many, many times.

It was so difficult for the fans to understand my problems with baseball.

I lost money, coaching jobs, a shot at the Hall of Fame.

Whatever I contributed to the unique morale of the Cardinals was part of this growth, and so, of course, was my decision to have it out in public with the owners of organized baseball.