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.
JACKIE ROBINSONThe most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.
More Jackie Robinson Quotes
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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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If I had to choose between baseball’s Hall of Fame and first class citizenship for all of my people. I would say first-class citizenship.
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Above anything else, I hate to lose.
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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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This ain’t fun. But you watch me, I’ll get it done.
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The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.
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I don’t think it matters what I believe, only what I do.
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Life is not a spectator sport.
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A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.
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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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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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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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