There's not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.
Jackie RobinsonRead
When I am playing baseball, I give it all that I have on the ball field. When the ball game is over, I certainly don't take it home. My little girl who is sitting out there wouldn't know the difference between a third strike and a foul ball. We don't talk about baseball at home.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Focus on your passions during dedicated time and separate work from personal life.
This quote emphasizes the importance of leaving work behind at the end of the day and fully engaging in personal life. Jackie Robinson highlights the distinction between his professional responsibilities in baseball and his role as a father, suggesting that one's personal relationships and family should not be overshadowed by work commitments.
Themes
BaseballFamilyWork-Life BalanceCommitmentParenting
In practice
Example use cases
In a motivational speech about work-life balance.
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The colonel replied that he didn't care how my men had got the job done. He was happy that it had been accomplished. He said that, obviously, no matter how much or how little I knew technically, I was able to get the best out of people I worked with.
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When I look back at what I had to go through in black baseball, I can only marvel at the many black players who stuck it out for years in the Jim Crow leagues because they had nowhere else to go.
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