There’s not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.
JACKIE ROBINSONI don’t think it matters what I believe, only what I do.
More Jackie Robinson Quotes
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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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How you played in yesterday’s game is all that counts.
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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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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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I don’t think it matters what I believe, only what I do.
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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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The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.
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A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.
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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 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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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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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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