Jackie Robinson Quotes

American - Athlete | January 31, 1919 - October 24, 1972

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

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

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Today, Negroes play on every big league club and in every minor league. With millions of other Negroes in other walks of life, we are willing to stand up and be counted for what we believe in. In baseball or out, we are no longer willing to wait until Judgment Day for equality - we want it here on earth as well as in Heaven.

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Many people resented my impatience and honesty, but I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.

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

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

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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 speak to you only as an American who happens to be an American Negro and one who is proud of that heritage. We ask for nothing special. We ask only that we be permitted to compete on an even basis, and if we are not worthy, then the competition shall, per se, eliminate us.

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I felt unhappy and trapped. If I left baseball, where could I go, what could I do to earn enough money to help my mother and to marry Rachel? The solution to my problem was only days away in the hands of a tough, shrewd, courageous man called Branch Rickey, the president of the Brooklyn Dodgers.

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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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