Curt Flood

“I lost my salary, my career, and I was punished in every way possible, but I was right.”

“A well-paid slave is nonetheless a slave.”

“After 12 years in the major leagues, I do not feel that I am a piece of property to be bought and sold irrespective of my wishes.”

“I'm a human being. I'm not a piece of property that can be bought and sold.”

“I am a man, not a piece of property. I am not a consignment of goods.”

“Because I was a man, and because I had a thing called pride and a thing called dignity, I was not going to be a slave.”

“They can't break me. I'm a man.”

“It was something that had to be done.”

“I felt that what I was doing was right and I still feel that way.”