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 ROBINSONAbove anything else, I hate to lose.
More Jackie Robinson Quotes
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I’m not goin’ anywhere, I’m right here!
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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 don’t think it matters what I believe, only what I do.
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If I had to choose between baseball’s Hall of Fame and first class citizenship for all of my people. I would say first-class citizenship.
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A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.
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I don’t like needing anyone for anything.
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You’re going to be a great player, kid.
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Relationships may change throughout the gift of time, memories stay the same forever in my mind.
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Above anything else, I hate to lose.
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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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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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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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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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Pop flies, in a sense, are just a diversion for a second baseman. Grounders are his stock trade.
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