The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.
JACKIE ROBINSONLife is not a spectator sport.
More Jackie Robinson Quotes
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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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How you played in yesterday’s game is all that counts.
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I don’t like needing anyone for anything.
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I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.
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I don’t think it matters what I believe, only what I do.
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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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It’s not easy to be a martyr in the field of race relations.
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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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A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.
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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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You’re going to be a great player, kid.
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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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Baseball, like some other sports, poses as a sacred institution dedicated to the public good, but it is actually a big, selfish business with a ruthlessness that many big businesses would never think of displaying.
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There’s not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.
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This ain’t fun. But you watch me, I’ll get it done.
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