"The struggle for civil rights is a long and arduous one, but it is a struggle that we must win."

"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."

"The right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our time."

"There's not an American in this country free until every one of us is free."

"I don't want to be remembered as a great baseball player. I want to be remembered as a man who fought for what he believed in."