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13 quotes by Jackie Robinson

MLB debut April 15, 1947 for the Brooklyn Dodgers Last MLB appearance October 10, 1956 for the Brooklyn Dodgers Career statistics Batting average .311 Hits 1,518 Home runs 137 Runs batted in 734 Teams Negro leagues Kansas City Monarchs (1945) Major League Baseball Brooklyn Dodgers (1947–1956) Career highlights and awards 6× All-Star (1949–1954) World Series champion (1955) NL MVP (1949) MLB Rookie of the Year (1947)...
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A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.

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I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.

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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... →

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There's not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.

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

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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.

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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... →

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This ain't fun. But you watch me, I'll get it done.

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The right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our time.

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How you played in yesterday's game is all that counts.

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Above anything else, I hate to lose.

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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.... →

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

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