I know that I am a black man in a white world. I know that I never had it made.
JACKIE ROBINSONBaseball, 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 don’t think it matters what I believe, only what I do.
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The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.
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It kills me to lose. If I’m a troublemaker, and I don’t think that my temper makes me one, then it’s because I can’t stand losing. That’s the way I am about winning, all I ever wanted to do was finish first.
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There’s not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.
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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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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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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’m not goin’ anywhere, I’m right here!
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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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Life is not a spectator sport.
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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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It’s not easy to be a martyr in the field of race relations.
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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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