Baseball, like some other sports, poses as a sacred institution dedicated to the public good, but it is actually a big, selfish business with a ruthlessness that many big businesses would never think of displaying.
JACKIE ROBINSONHow you played in yesterday’s game is all that counts.
More Jackie Robinson Quotes
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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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The right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our time.
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You’re going to be a great player, kid.
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Life is not a spectator sport.
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This ain’t fun. But you watch me, I’ll get it done.
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I don’t like needing anyone for anything.
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I don’t think it matters what I believe, only what I do.
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Are you looking for a Negro who won’t fight back?
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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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It’s not easy to be a martyr in the field of race relations.
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Above anything else, I hate to lose.
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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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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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The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.
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I’m not goin’ anywhere, I’m right here!
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