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 ROBINSONAre you looking for a Negro who won’t fight back?
More Jackie Robinson Quotes
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I’m not goin’ anywhere, I’m right here!
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There’s not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.
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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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Relationships may change throughout the gift of time, memories stay the same forever in my mind.
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A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.
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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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This ain’t fun. But you watch me, I’ll get it done.
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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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Are you looking for a Negro who won’t fight back?
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Life is not a spectator sport.
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I don’t like needing anyone for anything.
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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’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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I don’t think it matters what I believe, only what I do.
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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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