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
Country, Asia, Period, Sixties
If you destroyed the underpinnings of this great American sport, you are a hated, ugly, detestable person.
- Curt Flood
Great, Ugly, American, Detestable
But I want you to know that what I'm doing here I'm doing as a ballplayer, a major league ballplayer.
- Curt Flood
Doing, Here, Major, I Want You
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
My Life, Think, Area, Recent
Baseball regards us as sheep.
- Curt Flood
Baseball, Us, Regards, Sheep
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
May, Treatment, Though, Apart
I lost money, coaching jobs, a shot at the Hall of Fame.
- Curt Flood
Money, Lost, Jobs, Coaching
I was leaving probably one of the greatest organizations in hte world at that time for what was probably one of the least like, and, by God, this is America.
- Curt Flood
America, Like, Least, Organizations
Remember when I told you about the American dream? That if you worked hard enough and tried hard enough and kicked yourself in the butt, you'd succeed? Well, I think I did, I think I did.
- Curt Flood
Think, I Think, About, Butt
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
Manager, More, Going, Player
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.
- Curt Flood
Decision, Part, Owners, Organized
I'd often wondered what would I do if I were ever traded, because it happened many, many times.
- Curt Flood
Often, Many, Happened, Traded
And I'd be lying if I told you that as a black man in baseball I hadn't gone through worse times than my teammates.
- Curt Flood
Black, Through, Worse, Teammates
All the grand work was laid for people who came after me. The Supreme Court decided not to give it to me, so they gave it to two white guys. I think that's what they were waiting for.
- Curt Flood
Waiting, Two, I Think, Court
Baseball was socially relevant, and so was my rebellion against it.
- Curt Flood
Rebellion, Against, Socially, Relevant
People try to make a Greek tragedy of my life, and they can't do it. I'm too happy.
- Curt Flood
My Life, Greek, Too, Tragedy
I'm a human being I'm not a piece of property. I am not a consignment of goods.
- Curt Flood
I Am, Human Being, Piece, Property
The baseball establishment is permissive about revelry.
- Curt Flood
Baseball, About, Permissive
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