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.
JACKIE ROBINSONI never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.
More Jackie Robinson Quotes
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I’m not goin’ anywhere, I’m right here!
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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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Life is not a spectator sport.
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Life is not a spectator sport. If you’re going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you’re wasting your life.
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It’s not easy to be a martyr in the field of race relations.
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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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I don’t think it matters what I believe, only what I do.
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There’s not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.
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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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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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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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You’re going to be a great player, kid.
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This ain’t fun. But you watch me, I’ll get it done.
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Relationships may change throughout the gift of time, memories stay the same forever in my mind.
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I don’t like needing anyone for anything.
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