I know that I am a black man in a white world. I know that I never had it made.
JACKIE ROBINSONThe 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.
More Jackie Robinson Quotes
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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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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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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 never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.
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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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Relationships may change throughout the gift of time, memories stay the same forever in my mind.
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You’re going to be a great player, kid.
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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 most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.
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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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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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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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I don’t like needing anyone for anything.
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