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Jackie Robinson Quotes
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Type: Athlete Quotes Category: American Athlete Quotes Date of Birth: January 31, 1919 Date of Death: October 24, 1972 Nationality: American Find on Amazon: Jackie Robinson Related Authors: Mike Tyson Dennis Rodman Muhammad Ali Willie Stargell Casey Stengel Billie Jean King Yogi Berra Mike James |
A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.
Jackie Robinson Above anything else, I hate to lose. 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. Jackie Robinson How you played in yesterday's game is all that counts. Jackie Robinson 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 taking as careful a look as I can at the actual candidates and issues themselves, no matter what the party label. Jackie Robinson I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being. 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. 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. Jackie Robinson 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. 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. Jackie Robinson There's not an American in this country free until every one of us is free. Jackie Robinson This ain't fun. But you watch me, I'll get it done. Jackie Robinson |
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