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 ROBINSONIt’s not easy to be a martyr in the field of race relations.
More Jackie Robinson Quotes
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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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Relationships may change throughout the gift of time, memories stay the same forever in my mind.
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The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.
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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 know that I am a black man in a white world. I know that I never had it made.
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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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I don’t like needing anyone for anything.
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I’m not goin’ anywhere, I’m right here!
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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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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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Are you looking for a Negro who won’t fight back?
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There’s not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.
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A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.
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Life is not a spectator sport.
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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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