Above anything else, I hate to lose.
JACKIE ROBINSONLife is not a spectator sport.
More Jackie Robinson Quotes
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I’m not goin’ anywhere, I’m right here!
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It’s not easy to be a martyr in the field of race relations.
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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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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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It kills me to lose. If I’m a troublemaker, and I don’t think that my temper makes me one, then it’s because I can’t stand losing. That’s the way I am about winning, all I ever wanted to do was finish first.
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The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.
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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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I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.
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I don’t like needing anyone for anything.
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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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This ain’t fun. But you watch me, I’ll get it done.
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You’re going to be a great player, kid.
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A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.
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Are you looking for a Negro who won’t fight back?
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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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