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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.

Jackie Robinson

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I don’t like needing anyone for anything.
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The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.
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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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Pop flies, in a sense, are just a diversion for a second baseman. Grounders are his stock trade.
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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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This ain’t fun. But you watch me, I’ll get it done.
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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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A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.
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How you played in yesterday’s game is all that counts.
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I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.
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You’re going to be a great player, kid.
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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’m not goin’ anywhere, I’m right here!
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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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Life is not a spectator sport.
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