Milton Bradley (baseball)

I'm always OK. As long as I'm black, I'm fine.

Milton Obelle Bradley (born April 15, 1978) is a Major League Baseball outfielder known for both his skill as a player and his angry personality.

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• All I want to do is play baseball and make a better life for my kid than I had, that's it," Bradley said to a quiet clubhouse. "I love all you guys. ... I'm strong, but I'm not that strong.
  • Richard Durrett (June 12, 2008). "Texas Rangers' Bradley gets emotional over TV comments". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved on 2009-01-04. 
• I don't play this game to make friends.
  • Alan Schwarz (July 10, 2003). "Bradley knows only one way — the hard way". ESPN. Retrieved on 2009-01-04. 
• I really haven't even thought about it," he said. "If I somehow miraculously made it to the All-Star Game, I would be floored. I'd really be totally humbled by that. I'm just happy right now to play, to produce and to be with a good group of guys.
  • Time Cowlishaw (June 6, 2008). "Star glows, ballots grow for Texas Rangers' Bradley". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved on 2009-01-04. 
• I want people to say Milton Bradley was a pretty good ballplayer and a pretty good person. Anybody who is going to stand between me getting there, then they need to be eliminated.
  • Adam Duerson (September 5, 2005). "They Said It: Milton Bradley". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved on 2009-01-04. 
• I'm always OK. As long as I'm black, I'm fine.
  • Associated Press (August 20, 2005). "Bradley: 'I'm always OK. As long as I'm black, I'm fine'". ESPN. Retrieved on 2009-01-04. 
• You can't touch the umpire. You can't spit on the umpire. I know that. But you just get to the point where you're just, "There, I got that off my chest."
  • Alan Schwarz (July 10, 2003). "Bradley knows only one way — the hard way". ESPN. Retrieved on 2009-01-04. 

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• To see his boxscore lines ... is to have no idea that the Indians center fielder might very well be the angriest player in baseball.
  • Alan Schwarz (July 10, 2003). "Bradley knows only one way — the hard way". ESPN. Retrieved on 2009-01-04.