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.
JACKIE ROBINSONAre you looking for a Negro who won’t fight back?
More Jackie Robinson Quotes
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Are you looking for a Negro who won’t fight back?
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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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There’s not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.
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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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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.
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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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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 don’t like needing anyone for anything.
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It’s not easy to be a martyr in the field of race relations.
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The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.
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Life is not a spectator sport.
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How you played in yesterday’s game is all that counts.
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I’m not goin’ anywhere, I’m right here!
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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 right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our time.
JACKIE ROBINSON