Jackie Robinson Quotes
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Jackie Robinson Quotes & Sayings
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There was never a man in the game who could put mind and muscle together quicker and with better judgment than (Jackie) Robinson.
— Branch Rickey
I don't like needing anyone for anything.
— Jackie Robinson
I ought to break this trophy into 32 pieces
— Jackie Robinson
Pop flies, in a sense, are just a diversion for a second baseman. Grounders are his stock trade.
— Jackie Robinson
You're going to be a great player, kid.
— Jackie Robinson
A life isn't significant except for its impact on other lives.
— Jackie Robinson
This ain't fun. But you watch me, I'll get it done.
— Jackie Robinson
Major League Baseball should retire Roberto Clemente's number, just like they did Jackie Robinson's.
— Carlos Beltran
I'm not goin' anywhere, I'm right here!
— Jackie Robinson
Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead.
— Jackie Robinson
A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.
— Jackie Robinson
If Jesus ever had PMS, he totally would have sinned.
— Jackie Robinson
This guy don't come to the ballpark to beat you. He comes to beat you bad. This (Jackie) Robinson, he plays a ton.
— Leo Durocher
Every year we discuss Jackie Robinson Day, which is April 15. We talk about it throughout baseball, promote it throughout baseball.
— Curtis Granderson
It's not every day you get to be in a movie about Jackie Robinson, so you want to do it as right as you can.
— Andre Holland
Jackie Robinson is a true legend.
— Sidney Poitier
When I went to Brooklyn in 1948 Jackie Robinson was at the height of his brilliant career.
— Ernie Harwell
I know that I am a black man in a white world ... I know that I never had it made.
— Jackie Robinson
I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me. All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.
— Jackie Robinson
Above anything else, I hate to lose.
— Jackie Robinson
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.
— Jackie Robinson
After Jackie Robinson the most important black in baseball history is Reggie Jackson, I really mean that.
— Reggie Jackson
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.
— Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I am not concerned with being liked or disliked. I am concerned with being respected
— Jackie Robinson
To be compared to Jackie Robinson is an enormous compliment, but I don't think it's necessarily deserved.
— Sidney Poitier
Life is not a spectator sport.
— Jackie Robinson
I wake the dead. I bring Jackie Robinson and the Roosevelts to life. Who do you think Im trying to wake up?
— Ken Burns
The right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our time.
— Jackie Robinson
How you played in yesterday's game is all that counts.
— Jackie Robinson
The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.
— Jackie Robinson
Are you looking for a Negro who won't fight back?
— Jackie Robinson
Probably the easiest and most efficient approach was to hate everybody. Where have you gone, Jackie Robinson?
— Robert B. Parker
I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.
— Jackie Robinson
Mine was an easy ride compared to Jackie Robinson's.
— Sidney Poitier