I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me. All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.
JACKIE ROBINSONAre you looking for a Negro who won’t fight back?
More Jackie Robinson Quotes
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I know that I am a black man in a white world. I know that I never had it made.
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I don’t think it matters what I believe, only what I do.
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It’s not easy to be a martyr in the field of race relations.
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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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Are you looking for a Negro who won’t fight back?
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This ain’t fun. But you watch me, I’ll get it done.
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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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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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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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I don’t like needing anyone for anything.
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A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.
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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.
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I’m not goin’ anywhere, I’m right here!
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You’re going to be a great player, kid.
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