43 result(s) for Jackie Robinson Quotes.
"I don't like needing anyone for anything. I'm good by myself."
"I'm not concerned with your liking me or disliking me... Don't like me for who I am."
"I have to believe much in God because I have lost so much."
"I think that I have been very fortunate in that I have stuck with the game."
"I guess the first thing that would help us in establishing our principles would be for us to love others."
"Money is not enough. Money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them."
"I'm not concerned with being liked, or loved. I'm interested in being respected."
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"I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... all I ask is that you respect me as a man."
"I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me."
"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."
"The fact is, I was born black, I am black, and I will be black until the day I die. But I don't want a man who doesn't want me because I am black."
"I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... all I ask is that you respect me as a person."
"I am not concerned with being liked or disliked. I stand for something."
"I think some day, they'll probably have a colored man in the - maybe not in our lifetime - but some day you'll have a colored man in the [Baseball] Hall of Fame."
"Life is not about warming yourself by the fire, life is about building the fire."
"I had no choice but to accept what was already written."
"I'm never concerned about action, but always about what causes it."
"I won't be satisfied until all Americans have equal rights."
"I never cared what other people thought really. I didn't care if they called me noble or not. I had no choice."
"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."
"A runner must run with dreams in his heart."
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"A life isn't significant except for its impact on other lives."
"I think if my memory serves me correctly, this is the 27th World Series I've covered. I've had worse seats than this."
"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."
"I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect."
"Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead."
"I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me. All I ask is that you respect me as a human being."
"I'm going to do my best to set a good example knowing that there are a lot of kids who are going to watch every move I make."
"I was not concerned about succeeding. I was too busy thinking about how to execute."
"You want a player who doesn't have the guts to fight, and give his best for himself and the team every day, to be satisfied with the easy way out? No way."
"The more we learn the more we realize how little we know."
"Money can't buy success."
"I'm not concerned with your liking me or disliking me. All I ask is that you respect me as a human being."
"Life is not a spectator sport."
"There's not an American in this country free until every one of us is free."
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"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'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being."
"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."
"Above anything else, I hate to lose."
"A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives."
"The right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our time."
"I never had it made."
"The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity."
