Jackie Robinson on count
Jackie Robinson28 quotes“How you played in yesterday’s game is all that counts.”
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The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.
Jackie RobinsonJackie Robinson 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.
Jackie RobinsonJackie Robinson Life is not a spectator sport.
Jackie RobinsonJackie Robinson 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 RobinsonJackie Robinson Relationships may change throughout the gift of time, memories stay the same forever in my mind.
Jackie RobinsonJackie Robinson The right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our time.
Jackie RobinsonJackie Robinson I know that I am a black man in a white world. I know that I never had it made.
Jackie RobinsonJackie Robinson There’s not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.
Jackie RobinsonJackie Robinson Pop flies, in a sense, are just a diversion for a second baseman. Grounders are his stock trade.
Jackie RobinsonJackie Robinson A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.
Jackie RobinsonJackie Robinson You’re going to be a great player, kid.
Jackie RobinsonJackie Robinson 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.
Jackie RobinsonJackie Robinson It’s not easy to be a martyr in the field of race relations.
Jackie RobinsonJackie Robinson Above anything else, I hate to lose.
Jackie RobinsonJackie Robinson I’m not goin’ anywhere, I’m right here!
Jackie RobinsonJackie Robinson 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.
Jackie RobinsonJackie Robinson
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Melody LeeMelody Lee Oh moonlight, continue to shine on me. As you light up the sky, maybe some peace will come to me.
ShamaShama Stop counting the reasons why they should be loved and start counting the many reasons why you are the one who is worth loving.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase Sure, there are oceans and seas and magnificent things – but none of them are you.
L.T. PhoenixL.T. Phoenix I wish you the wildest of dreams.
Kate WestKate West The way you look at me, The way you make me feel whole, The way you make me feel safe, thats poetry to me.
Barbara GianquittoBarbara Gianquitto You cannot leave and have me too I cannot exist in two places at once-when you ask if we can still be friends.
Rupi KaurRupi Kaur Live to be happy not to impress.
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Ignatius of LoyolaIgnatius of Loyola On this path, it is only the first step that counts.
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