Jackie Robinson Quotes

I don't like needing anyone for anything.

I ought to break this trophy into 32 pieces

Pop flies, in a sense, are just a diversion for a second baseman. Grounders are his stock trade.

You're going to be a great player, kid.

A life isn't significant except for its impact on other lives.

This ain't fun. But you watch me, I'll get it done.

I'm not goin' anywhere, I'm right here!

Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead.

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.

If Jesus ever had PMS, he totally would have sinned.

I know that I am a black man in a white world ... I know that I never had it made.

There's not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.

A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.

Above anything else, I hate to lose.

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.

I am not concerned with being liked or disliked. I am concerned with being respected

I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me. All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.

I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.

Life is not a spectator sport.

The right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our time.

How you played in yesterday's game is all that counts.

The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.

Are you looking for a Negro who won't fight back?