The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.
JACKIE ROBINSONI’m not goin’ anywhere, I’m right here!
More Jackie Robinson Quotes
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Above anything else, I hate to lose.
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Relationships may change throughout the gift of time, memories stay the same forever in my mind.
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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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Pop flies, in a sense, are just a diversion for a second baseman. Grounders are his stock trade.
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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.
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You’re going to be a great player, kid.
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It’s not easy to be a martyr in the field of race relations.
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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 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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Are you looking for a Negro who won’t fight back?
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A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.
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There’s not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.
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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.
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Life is not a spectator sport.
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