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Jackie Robinson Quotes

The many of us who attain what we may and forget those who help us along the line we’ve got to remember that there are so many others to pull along the way. The farther they go, the further we all go Picture Quote #1

Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead Picture Quote #1

I guess you’d call me an independent, since I’ve never identified myself with one party or another in politics. I always decide my vote by taking as careful a look as I can at the actual candidates and issues themselves, no matter what the party label Picture Quote #1

I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I know that I am a black man in a white world... I know that I never had it made Picture Quote #1

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Baseball, like some other sports, poses as a sacred institution dedicated to the public good, but it is actually a big, selfish business with a ruthlessness that many big businesses would never think of displaying Picture Quote #1

It kills me to lose. If I’m a troublemaker, and I don’t think that my temper makes me one, then it’s because I can’t stand losing. That’s the way I am about winning, all I ever wanted to do was finish first Picture Quote #1

Pop flies, in a sense, are just a diversion for a second baseman. Grounders are his stock trade Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Relationships may change throughout the gift of time, memories stay the same forever in my mind Picture Quote #1

It was a small victory, for I had learned that I was in two wars, one against the foreign enemy, the other against prejudice at home Picture Quote #1

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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 there... I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect Picture Quote #1

Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary Picture Quote #1

To be compared to Jackie Robinson is an enormous compliment, but I don’t think it’s necessarily deserved Picture Quote #1

Jim Crow was king... and I heard a game in which Jackie Robinson was playing, and I felt pride in being alive Picture Quote #1

I let my game do the talking. I’ve had incidents like that but when I compare my own story to the stories that have happened forty or fifty years ago particularly to Jackie Robinson for example Picture Quote #1

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The many of us who attain what we may and forget those who help us along the line we’ve got to remember that there are so many others to pull along the way. The farther they go, the further we all go (Jackie Robinson Quotes) Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead (Jackie Robinson Quotes) I guess you’d call me an independent, since I’ve never identified myself with one party or another in politics. I always decide my vote by taking as careful a look as I can at the actual candidates and issues themselves, no matter what the party label (Jackie Robinson Quotes) I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being (Jackie Robinson Quotes) 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 (Jackie Robinson Quotes) I know that I am a black man in a white world... I know that I never had it made (Jackie Robinson Quotes) Baseball, like some other sports, poses as a sacred institution dedicated to the public good, but it is actually a big, selfish business with a ruthlessness that many big businesses would never think of displaying (Jackie Robinson Quotes) It kills me to lose. If I’m a troublemaker, and I don’t think that my temper makes me one, then it’s because I can’t stand losing. That’s the way I am about winning, all I ever wanted to do was finish first (Jackie Robinson Quotes) Pop flies, in a sense, are just a diversion for a second baseman. Grounders are his stock trade (Jackie Robinson Quotes) 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 (Jackie Robinson Quotes) Relationships may change throughout the gift of time, memories stay the same forever in my mind (Jackie Robinson Quotes) It was a small victory, for I had learned that I was in two wars, one against the foreign enemy, the other against prejudice at home (Jackie Robinson Quotes) 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 there... I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect (Jackie Robinson Quotes) Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary (Jackie Robinson Quotes) To be compared to Jackie Robinson is an enormous compliment, but I don’t think it’s necessarily deserved (Jackie Robinson Quotes) Jim Crow was king... and I heard a game in which Jackie Robinson was playing, and I felt pride in being alive (Jackie Robinson Quotes) I let my game do the talking. I’ve had incidents like that but when I compare my own story to the stories that have happened forty or fifty years ago particularly to Jackie Robinson for example (Jackie Robinson Quotes)

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