"I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect."

"Life is not a spectator sport. If you're going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you're wasting your life."

"I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being."

"Courage is a quality that is essential to any man who would succeed in life."

"I was just a man who played baseball, but I was also a man who stood up for what was right."