This ain’t fun. But you watch me, I’ll get it done.
JACKIE ROBINSONThere’s not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.
More Jackie Robinson Quotes
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Relationships may change throughout the gift of time, memories stay the same forever in my mind.
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You’re going to be a great player, kid.
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The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.
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I’m not goin’ anywhere, I’m right here!
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Above anything else, I hate to lose.
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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 think it matters what I believe, only what I do.
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It’s not easy to be a martyr in the field of race relations.
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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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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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Are you looking for a Negro who won’t fight back?
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I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.
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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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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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A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.
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