I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.
JACKIE ROBINSONBaseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he’s losing; nobody wants you to quit when you’re ahead.
More Jackie Robinson Quotes
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It’s not easy to be a martyr in the field of race relations.
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This ain’t fun. But you watch me, I’ll get it done.
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You’re going to be a great player, kid.
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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 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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Are you looking for a Negro who won’t fight back?
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Above anything else, I hate to lose.
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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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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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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 don’t think it matters what I believe, only what I do.
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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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The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.
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