At the beginning of the World Series of 1947, I experienced a completely new emotion when the National Anthem was played. This time, I thought, it is being played for me, as much as for anyone else.
JACKIE ROBINSONI’m not goin’ anywhere, I’m right here!
More Jackie Robinson Quotes
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The right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our time.
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I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me. All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.
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Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he’s losing; nobody wants you to quit when you’re ahead.
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The way I figured it, I was even with baseball and baseball with me. The game had done much for me, and I had done much for it.
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It’s not easy to be a martyr in the field of race relations.
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There’s not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.
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The many of us who attain what we may and forget those who help us along the line we’ve got to remember that there are so many others to pull along the way. The farther they go, the further we all go.
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I’m not goin’ anywhere, I’m right here!
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Relationships may change throughout the gift of time, memories stay the same forever in my mind.
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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.
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You’re going to be a great player, kid.
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I don’t think it matters what I believe, only what I do.
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Baseball, like some other sports, poses as a sacred institution dedicated to the public good, but it is actually a big, selfish business with a ruthlessness that many big businesses would never think of displaying.
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Life is not a spectator sport.
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The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.
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