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Top 15 Curt Flood Quotes (2025 Update)

Curt Flood Quote: “A well-paid slave is nonetheless a slave.”

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

Curt Flood Quote: “I’m a human being I’m not a piece of property. I am not a consignment of goods.”

2. “I’m a human being I’m not a piece of property. I am not a consignment of goods.”

Curt Flood Quote: “Dear Mr. Kuhn, After twelve 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.”

3. “Dear Mr. Kuhn, After twelve 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.”

Curt Flood Quote: “I lost money, coaching jobs, a shot at the Hall of Fame.”

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

Curt Flood Quote: “I am pleased that God made my skin black – but I wish He had made it thicker.”

5. “I am pleased that God made my skin black – but I wish He had made it thicker.”

Curt Flood Quote: “There is no such thing as bragging. You’re either lying or telling the truth.”

6. “There is no such thing as bragging. You’re either lying or telling the truth.”

Curt Flood Quote: “I lost money, coaching jobs, a shot at the Hall of Fame. But when you weigh that against all the things that are really and truly important, things that are deep inside you, then I think I’ve succeeded.”

7. “I lost money, coaching jobs, a shot at the Hall of Fame. But when you weigh that against all the things that are really and truly important, things that are deep inside you, then I think I’ve succeeded.”

Curt Flood Quote: “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.”

8. “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 Quote: “Baseball was socially relevant, and so was my rebellion against it.”

9. “Baseball was socially relevant, and so was my rebellion against it.”

Curt Flood Quote: “The funny thing about these uniforms is that you hang them in the closet and they get smaller and smaller.”

10. “The funny thing about these uniforms is that you hang them in the closet and they get smaller and smaller.”

Curt Flood Quote: “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.”

11. “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 Quote: “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.”

12. “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 Quote: “The baseball establishment is permissive about revelry.”

13. “The baseball establishment is permissive about revelry.”

Curt Flood Quote: “People try to make a Greek tragedy of my life, and they can’t do it. I’m too happy.”

14. “People try to make a Greek tragedy of my life, and they can’t do it. I’m too happy.”

Curt Flood Quote: “I’d often wondered what would I do if I were ever traded, because it happened many, many times.”

15. “I’d often wondered what would I do if I were ever traded, because it happened many, many times.”

Curt Flood Quote: “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.”

16. “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 Quote: “If you destroyed the underpinnings of this great American sport, you are a hated, ugly, detestable person.”

17. “If you destroyed the underpinnings of this great American sport, you are a hated, ugly, detestable person.”

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