What's more important than who's going to be the first black manager is who's going to be the first black sports editor of the New York Times.

Bill Russell
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  1. We learn to make a shell for ourselves when we are young and then spend the rest of our lives hoping for someone to reach inside and touch us. Just touch us–anything more than that would be too much for us to bear.

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