Life is not a spectator sport.
JACKIE ROBINSONIf 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.
More Jackie Robinson Quotes
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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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It’s not easy to be a martyr in the field of race relations.
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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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Above anything else, I hate to lose.
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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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Pop flies, in a sense, are just a diversion for a second baseman. Grounders are his stock trade.
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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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Relationships may change throughout the gift of time, memories stay the same forever in my mind.
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A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.
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I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.
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I don’t like needing anyone for anything.
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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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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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