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.
I don't like needing anyone for anything. - Jackie Robinson
I don't like needing anyone for anything.
- Jackie Robinson
I'm not goin' anywhere, I'm right here! - Jackie Robinson
I'm not goin' anywhere, I'm right here!
I had to fight hard against loneliness, abuse, and the knowledge that any mistakes I made would be magnified because I was the only black man out the… - Jackie Robinson
I had to fight hard against loneliness, abuse, and the knowledge that any mistakes I made would be magnified because I was the only black man out the…
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
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.
A life isn't significant except for its impact on others' lives. - Jackie Robinson
A life isn't significant except for its impact on others' lives.
I don’t think it matters what I believe, only what I do. - Jackie Robinson
I don’t think it matters what I believe, only what I do.
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 yo… - Jackie Robinson
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 yo…
I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being. - Jackie Robinson
I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.
There's not an American in this country free until every one of us is free. - Jackie Robinson
There's not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.
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