Above anything else, I hate to lose.
JACKIE ROBINSONI never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.
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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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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How you played in yesterday’s game is all that counts.
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Relationships may change throughout the gift of time, memories stay the same forever in my mind.
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I’m not goin’ anywhere, I’m right here!
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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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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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I don’t think it matters what I believe, only what I do.
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This ain’t fun. But you watch me, I’ll get it done.
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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 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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I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.
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Life is not a spectator sport.
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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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