It’s not easy to be a martyr in the field of race relations.
JACKIE ROBINSONIt’s not easy to be a martyr in the field of race relations.
JACKIE ROBINSONHow you played in yesterday’s game is all that counts.
JACKIE ROBINSONPop flies, in a sense, are just a diversion for a second baseman. Grounders are his stock trade.
JACKIE ROBINSONThe 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 ROBINSONAbove anything else, I hate to lose.
JACKIE ROBINSONA life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.
JACKIE ROBINSONNext 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 ROBINSONThe right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our time.
JACKIE ROBINSONYou’re going to be a great player, kid.
JACKIE ROBINSONRelationships may change throughout the gift of time, memories stay the same forever in my mind.
JACKIE ROBINSONI never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.
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.
JACKIE ROBINSONLife 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 ROBINSONThe most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.
JACKIE ROBINSONLife is not a spectator sport.
JACKIE ROBINSONBaseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he’s losing; nobody wants you to quit when you’re ahead.
JACKIE ROBINSON