I cannot but feel that the one man, above all others, who deserves the eternal thanks of his own race, and all thinking people, for bringing about baseball’s greatest reform, is Jackie Robinson himself…Certainly baseball people should be eternally grateful for the contribution he made to his own people, and to the game.
Interpretation
Jackie Robinson's contributions to baseball and society deserve immense gratitude.
This quote by Ford Frick acknowledges Jackie Robinson's pivotal role in breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball. Frick highlights not only the immense impact Robinson had on the game itself but also the broader implications for society, as his courage inspired countless others and heralded significant social change.
In practice
This quote can be used in a speech honoring Jackie Robinson during a baseball celebration.
When I look at someone like Andrew Symonds, I see a player who has done phenomenally well with the bat, as his record shows. He certainly has the ability to be a very good all-rounder, but I think to be a great one, you need to be able to turn a game with the bat or the ball.
It was a breaking period for black people coming into baseball, and how many followed depended on Jackie's conduct. But that's not the case now. What and how I do doesn't mean nearly as much as what and how Jackie did.
I believe in work, in connections between the players, I think what makes football great is that it is a team sport. You can win in different ways, by being more of a team, or by having better individual players. It is the team ethic that interests me, always.
Rugby is a hooligans game played by gentlemen.
How ironic, to be my last game that I ever played would be against Dan in a Super Bowl. The thing I always was afraid of was playing in a Super Bowl when it was raining. I can't throw a wet ball.
We have tried to get closer to them, but we never copied anybody, we always tried to play our football
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