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.
I don't think that golf has a place for two sets of rules. I think one of the reasons that the game has progressed in the way that it has over the years is the fact that the amateurs and the pros all play the same game, and they play under the same set of rules.
The most important part of a player's body is above his shoulders.
If all of us who love baseball and are doing our jobs, then those who get the game from us will be as proud to be a part of it as we were. And we are. This game is a gift, and I am humbled, very humbled, to accept its greatest honor.
Any defensive coordinator is worried about two things: a running quarterback and a deep ball. You know, don't get beat deep and don't let the quarterback run, because a big part of your defense can't account for the quarterback as a runner, so he gets a free run.
Football's the biggest game in the world. America's the greatest sporting nation there is. To play some part in putting those two things together: why wouldn't I be excited about that?
I'm just a ballplayer with one ambition, and that is to give all I've got to help my ball club win. I've never played any other way.
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