Larry Doby

“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.”

“You didn't see the inside of a hotel room. You didn't see the inside of a restaurant. You saw the back of a bus.”

“It's a lot of things to be a first. You have to be a professional. You have to be a gentleman. You have to be a man.”

“I understood what I was going through. I understood that I was a pioneer.”

“The only time I was not lonely was when I was on the field.”

“I had to be a good player, a good person, a good everything.”

“I never looked at it as a pressure thing. I looked at it as an opportunity.”

“It was a tough road. It was a tough road for my family. But it was something that had to be done.”