Kids are our future and we hope baseball has given them some idea of
what it is to live together and how we can get along, whether you be
black or white.
Part of history? I have no notions about that. I just want to play
baseball.
On facing prejudice: "I couldn't react to situations from a physical
standpoint. My reaction was to hit the ball as far as I could."
The only difference [was] that Jackie Robinson got all of the publicity. You
didn't hear much about what I was going through because the media
didn't want to repeat the same story.