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Walter Dean Myers

"What I found fascinating was just how quickly the best of the young Negro League players were drafted into the major leagues once Branch Rickey broke the color line by hiring Jackie Robinson. It was clear that all of the major league owners already knew the talents of the black ballplayers that they had refused to let into their league."

Source : "An Interview With Walter Dean Myers About The Journal of Biddy Owens". Interview with Richard F. Abrahamson and Eleanore S. Tyson, www.scholastic.com.

Walter Dean Myers

#Player Quotes #Color Quotes #League Quotes

“Double gold means I'm king of the sprints. It shows I'm the best sprinter around.”
“I have always had a horror and detestation of poverty.”
“I like to have fun, but I don't play games.”
“I don't read liner notes and stuff, and I don't read articles very often.”
“I don't drink. I don't do drugs.”
“But by all means, keep moving.”
“If you work hard the fight's easy. If you don't work hard then the fight's hard.”
“I was at college doing performing arts, and just spending all my time mucking about, and the lecturers thought I would be pretty good at stand-up, so I gave it a whirl.”

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