Frank Robinson I’ve never seen baseball advertise for a job, and I’ve never heard of whites applying for a job. I mean, there’s an old boy network, and it’s lily white. – Frank Robinson Advertise Quotes Applying Quotes Baseball Quotes Boy Quotes Heard Quotes Job Quotes Lily Quotes Network Quotes White Quotes Whites Quotes 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. Al Campanis made people finally understand what goes on behind closed doors – that there is racism in baseball.
GovernmentNelson MandelaPeace There are many people who feel that it is useless and futile to continue talking about peace and non-violence against a government whose only reply is savage attacks on an unarmed and defenseless people. – Nelson Mandela
Martin Freeman Your slippers last a lot longer in your bedroom. On a film set, they do get very scuffed up. – Martin Freeman
Michelle Ryan Bionic Woman’ changed direction too much from episode to episode, which I think is why it lost momentum. – Michelle Ryan
JrLouis Gossett George Clooney and Brad Pitt, with those ‘Oceans’ films they do, they get to work together, make a whole lot of money, and make a major film statement. Imagine if once a year, myself, Denzel Washington, Laurence Fishburne, James Earl Jones, we did some relevant film together to make a statement. – Louis Gossett, Jr
Samantha Stosur I think Serena Williams is the best tennis player of this generation, if not the best ever. It is amazing for her to be playing as well as she is at the age of 31. – Samantha Stosur
George Groves The Eubanks are very different. If you look at the promotional videos they’ve done it’s a bit ‘Homes Under the Hammer.’ – George Groves
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