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.
JACKIE ROBINSONAt 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.
More Jackie Robinson Quotes
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I don’t like needing anyone for anything.
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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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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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Are you looking for a Negro who won’t fight back?
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It’s not easy to be a martyr in the field of race relations.
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A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.
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This ain’t fun. But you watch me, I’ll get it done.
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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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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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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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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 goin’ anywhere, I’m right here!
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How you played in yesterday’s game is all that counts.
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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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