Quotes
"The door to integrating the NBA was't burst open by a flood of black players. Instead it was nudged open, inch by inch, by a trickle of players throughout the first twenty years of the leagues existence."-Ron Thomas in They Cleared the Lane
"Yet there's no doubt that without Robinson there might not have been any black wearing NBA uniforms in 1950."-Ron Thomas in They Cleared the Lane
"You're an athlete…Once you make that team, you're a basketball player"-Earl Lloyd
"These are favorable programs, and here I am, the first question I ask myself quietly is, do I belong here?"-Earl Lloyd
"If you can compete, you are going to compete"-Earl Lloyd
"It's not about you anymore. You've done all you have to do. Now it's time to go thank your folks who has fought for you being there."-Earl Lloyd
"All that matters in the end is that you're a good human being and that you believe in having respect for one another."-Sean Kirst, Moonfixer
"My parents taught me one thing to fit every situation, and that's to never ever dignify ignorance."-Earl Lloyd
"Yet there's no doubt that without Robinson there might not have been any black wearing NBA uniforms in 1950."-Ron Thomas in They Cleared the Lane
"You're an athlete…Once you make that team, you're a basketball player"-Earl Lloyd
"These are favorable programs, and here I am, the first question I ask myself quietly is, do I belong here?"-Earl Lloyd
"If you can compete, you are going to compete"-Earl Lloyd
"It's not about you anymore. You've done all you have to do. Now it's time to go thank your folks who has fought for you being there."-Earl Lloyd
"All that matters in the end is that you're a good human being and that you believe in having respect for one another."-Sean Kirst, Moonfixer
"My parents taught me one thing to fit every situation, and that's to never ever dignify ignorance."-Earl Lloyd