Tag: Jackie Robinson
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In my opinion, baseball is as big a business as anything there is. It has to be a business, the way it is conducted.
Jackie Robinson
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The right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our time.
Jackie Robinson
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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.
Jackie Robinson
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How you played in yesterday’s game is all that counts.
Jackie Robinson
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This ain’t fun. But you watch me, I’ll get it done.
Jackie Robinson
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Pop flies, in a sense, are just a diversion for a second baseman. Grounders are his stock trade.
Jackie Robinson
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A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.
Jackie Robinson
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The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.
Jackie Robinson
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Above anything else, I hate to lose.
Jackie Robinson
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I cannot possibly believe that I have it made while so many black brothers and sisters are hungry, inadequately housed, insufficiently clothed, denied their dignity as they live in slums or barely exist on welfare.
Jackie Robinson