The best Quotes by Jackie Robinson

The best Quotes by Jackie Robinson

Jack Roosevelt Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era. The Brooklyn Dodgers signing Robinson heralded the end of racial segregation in professional baseball that had relegated black players to the Negro leagues since the 1880s.

A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.

The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.

Today, Negroes play on every big league club and in every minor league. With millions of other Negroes in other walks of life, we are willing to stand up and be counted for what we believe in. In baseball or out, we are no longer willing to wait until Judgment Day for equality - we want it here on earth as well as in Heaven.

Many people resented my impatience and honesty, but I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.

Quotes about Jackie Robinson

Every time I look at my pocketbook, I see Jackie Robinson.

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The struggles along the way are only meant to shape you for your purpose.

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I think you realize how much you need to have people that you love. It's not as much about them loving you, it's about you needing to love people.

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When it comes down to it, I'd rather have an action figure than a Golden Globe.

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The only difference between a hero and the villain is that the villain chooses to use that power in a way that is selfish and hurts other people.

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I might have had too many friends in my twenties.

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Colonialism is the cousin of slavery.

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Slavery Colonialism

A superhero movie is only as good as its villains.

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Press on with pride. Press on with purpose.

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I don't compare 'em, I just catch 'em.

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Baseball is a game, yes. It is also a business. But what is most truly is is disguised combat. For all its gentility, its almost leisurely pace, baseball is violence under wraps.

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I think I was the best baseball player I ever saw.

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If you can do that - if you run, hit, run the bases, hit with power, field, throw and do all other things that are part of the game - then you're a good ballplayer.

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About the only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure.

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Success Losing & Defeat

Everything I have, I owe to baseball and the Dodgers.

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I didn't play the game right because I saw a reward at the end of the tunnel.

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My style is I work hard at it. I feel like I'm prepared every day.

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You win a championship, and you feel 7 feet tall.

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That's what I love about baseball, that it gives the opportunity for every single guy to develop and play the game. There's not a rule that you have to be 6 foot or you have to be real strong to play baseball or to become a good player.

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I never stop looking for things to try and make myself better.

Barry Bonds

But to be the best, you must face the best. And to overcome your fear, you must deal with the best.

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I'm a winner, I play to win, I want to make good things go on around me.

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Ambition Winning

I just want to play baseball.

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I love it when people doubt me. It makes me work harder to prove them wrong.

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Ambition Motivation

I'm not perfect; no one is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes. I think you try to learn from those mistakes.

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Failures & Mistakes Perfection

Pitching is 80% of the game and the other half is hitting and fielding.

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I don't get upset over things I can control, because if I can control them there's no sense in getting upset. And I don't get upset over things I can't control, because if I can't control them there's no sense in getting upset.

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Life is precious and time is a key element. Let's make every moment count and help those who have a greater need than our own.

Harmon Killebrew

I do everything in a straightforward manner.

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Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.

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Praying Day of Repentance and Prayer

Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching.

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Love Work Dancing

I think one of the most difficult things for anyone who's played baseball is to accept the fact that maybe the players today are playing just as well as ever.

Ralph Kiner

You know what they say about Chicago. If you don't like the weather, wait fifteen minutes.

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Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.

You just can't beat the person who never gives up.

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Giving Up Motivation

The biggest thing as I have gotten older is the calmness that's come over me.

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Beast Mode doesn't make excuses. It doesn't complain. Whatever you're doing, go out there and get it done. Keep pushing. If I have a bad game, I think about what I have to do to return to form. Figure it out, go to sleep, and wake up a new man.

Ambition Motivation

I love L.A., but you can get into a lot of trouble out here.

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