” It’s nice to come into a town and be referred to as the manager of the Cleveland Indians instead of as the first black manager. “
” No, I don’t think my presence will cause an increase in black attendance at Cleveland. “
” As a black, you find you have to be two or three times better than a white even to play. And when it comes to front-office jobs, management believes you’ll never be as good. “
” It was a breaking period for black people coming into baseball, and how many followed depended on Jackie’s conduct. But that’s not the case now. What and how I do doesn’t mean nearly as much as what and how Jackie did. “
All 4 Frank Robinson Quotes about Black in picture
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