The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.
JACKIE ROBINSONThe most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.
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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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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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 never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.
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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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I don’t like needing anyone for anything.
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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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Pop flies, in a sense, are just a diversion for a second baseman. Grounders are his stock trade.
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There’s not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.
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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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I don’t think it matters what I believe, only what I do.
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Above anything else, I hate to lose.
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This ain’t fun. But you watch me, I’ll get it done.
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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’m not goin’ anywhere, I’m right here!
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