Jack Roosevelt Robinson was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era. He became a living milestone for racial equality and changed the sport of baseball forever. Inspirational Jackie Robinson quotes will motivate you and help guide your decisions in life, work and love.
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Most Famous Jackie Robinson Quotes
A life isn’t significant except for its impact on others’ lives. Jackie Robinson
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.
I don’t think it matters what I believe, only what I do. Jackie Robinson
I don’t let my mouth say nothing my head can’t stand.
We are demanding that we just be given the things that are rightfully ours and that we’re not looking for anything else. Jackie Robinson
I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me all I ask is that you respect me as a human being.
We’re in a real crisis situation where many times people are being turned away at the door. Jackie Robinson
Relationships may change throughout the gift of time, memories stay the same forever in my mind.
The way I figured it, I was even with baseball and baseball with me. Jackie Robinson
The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.
During my life, I have had a few nightmares which happened to me while I was wide awake. Jackie Robinson
The right of every American to first class citizenship is the most important issue of our time.
I don’t like needing anyone for anything. Jackie Robinson
But as I write these words now I cannot stand and sing the National Anthem. I have learned that I remain a black in a white world.
Above anything else, I hate to lose. Jackie Robinson
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.
I do believe that what I was able to attain came to be because we put behind us the dogmas of the past: to discover the truth of today; and perhaps the greatness of tomorrow. Jackie Robinson
I know that I am a black man in a white world I know that I never had it made.
We have a social responsibility and we are held to a higher standard than other institutions. Jackie Robinson
I think if we go back and check our record, the Negro has proven beyond a doubt that we have been more than patient in seeking our rights as American citizens.
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. Jackie Robinson
Above anything else, I hate to lose.
There’s not an American in this country free until every one of us is free. Jackie Robinson
How you played in yesterday’s game is all that counts.
At the beginning of the World Series of 1947, I experienced a completely new emotion when the National Anthem was played. This time, I thought, it is being played for me, as much as for anyone else. Jackie Robinson
When I am playing baseball, I give it all that I have on the ball field. When the ball game is over, I certainly don’t take it home. My little girl who is sitting out there wouldn’t know the difference between a third strike and a foul ball.
Discover the truth of today and perhaps find the greatness of tomorrow. Jackie Robinson
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.
I know now that dreams do come true. Jackie Robinson
I do not believe that every person, in every walk of life, can succeed in spite of any handicap. That would be perfection.
How you played in yesterday’s game is all that counts. Jackie Robinson
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.
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. Jackie Robinson
I guess if I could choose one of the most important moments in my life, I would go back to 1947, in the Yankee Stadium in New York City.
I do not believe that every person, in every walk of life, can succeed in spite of any handicap. That would be perfection. Jackie Robinson
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 going anywhere, I’m right here! Jackie Robinson
When I am playing baseball, I give it all that I have on the ball field. When the ball game is over, I certainly don’t take it home. My little girl who is sitting out there wouldn’t know the difference between a third strike and a foul ball.
Dodgers, ending a long period of segregation in Major League Baseball. It wound up being a momentous day not just in baseball history, but in the history of a country. Jackie Robinson
Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he’s losing; nobody wants you to quit when you’re ahead.
I guess if I could choose one of the most important moments in my life, I would go back to 1947, in the Yankee Stadium in New York City. Jackie Robinson
I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.
The way I am about winning, all I ever wanted to do was finish first. Jackie Robinson
A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.
I don’t let my mouth say nothing my head can’t stand. Jackie Robinson
We are demanding that we just be given the things that are rightfully ours and that we’re not looking for anything else.
Pop flies, in a sense, are just a diversion for a second baseman. Grounders are his stock trade. Jackie Robinson
The right of every American to first class citizenship is the most important issue of our time.
I ought to break this trophy into 32 pieces. Jackie Robinson
I don’t care if they like me. I didn’t come here to make friends. I don’t even care if they respect me. I know who I am. I’ve got enough respect for myself. I do not want them to beat me.
I was naïve about the elaborate lengths to which racists in the Armed Forces would go to put a vocal black man in his place. Jackie Robinson
The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.
I cannot stand and sing the anthem. I cannot salute the flag. I know that I am a black man in a white world. Jackie Robinson
Many people resented my impatience and honesty, but I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.
In those days a white ballplayer could look forward to some streak of luck or some reward for hard work to carry him into prominence or even stardom. What had the black player to hope for? What was his future? Jackie Robinson
Negroes aren’t seeking anything which is not good for the nation as well as ourselves. In order for America to be 100 percent strong economically, defensively and morally we cannot afford the waste of having second and third class citizens.
The only thing a manager has to do is relate to the players. Jackie Robinson
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.
Yell. Heckle. Do anything you want. We came here to play baseball. Jackie Robinson
But as I write these words now I cannot stand and sing the National Anthem. I have learned that I remain a black in a white world.
This ain’t fun. But you watch me, I’ll get it done. Jackie Robinson
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.
The most important thing that happened to me in 1948, as far as I am concerned, is that I got thrown out of a game for heckling an umpire. It happened in Pittsburgh. Jackie Robinson
When I look back at what I had to go through in black baseball, I can only marvel at the many black players who stuck it out for years in the Jim Crow leagues because they had nowhere else to go. Jackie Robinson
