Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he’s losing; nobody wants you to quit when you’re ahead.
JACKIE ROBINSONIt’s not easy to be a martyr in the field of race relations.
More Jackie Robinson Quotes
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I’m not goin’ anywhere, I’m right here!
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Life is not a spectator sport.
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I know that I am a black man in a white world. I know that I never had it made.
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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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There’s not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.
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I don’t like needing anyone for anything.
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I don’t think it matters what I believe, only what I do.
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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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It’s not easy to be a martyr in the field of race relations.
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Relationships may change throughout the gift of time, memories stay the same forever in my mind.
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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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Next time I go to a movie and see a picture of a little ordinary girl become a great star… I’ll believe it. And whenever I hear my wife read fairy tales to my little boy, I’ll listen. I know now that dreams do come true.
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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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This ain’t fun. But you watch me, I’ll get it done.
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I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.
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