Robinson Quotes

Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Equality, Someone, Trying

Mine was an easy ride compared to Jackie Robinson's.
Sidney Poitier

Easy, Mine, Ride

Jackie Robinson is a true legend.
Sidney Poitier

True, Legend, Jackie

To be compared to Jackie Robinson is an enormous compliment, but I don't think it's necessarily deserved.
Sidney Poitier

Compliment, Compared, Deserved

I've got a basketball signed by all the greats from Julius Irving to Oscar Robinson. It was at an All Star game I got them all to sign it. So that ain't going nowhere. I'm going to die with that in my casket.
Ice Cube

Game, Basketball, Die

Mrs. Robinson is a little dated now, but it has nothing to do with Joe DiMaggio.
Paul Simon

Nothing, Dated, Dimaggio

When I went to Brooklyn in 1948 Jackie Robinson was at the height of his brilliant career.
Ernie Harwell

Career, Brilliant, Height

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

Time, Pocketbook, Jackie

Brooks Robinson belongs in a higher league.
Pete Rose

Higher, Belongs, Brooks

There were many stars in Motown's firmament - among them, Stevie, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, Martha Reeves and Diana Ross - but I happen to have loved the Four Tops most of all.
Jon Landau

Happen, Stars, Loved

Barry White, Smokey Robinson and Curtis Mayfield are big influences for me. But I'm also a metal head. I was in a bunch of punk rock bands. The Bee Gees, hip-hop and the Beach Boys are just as much of an influence on me as Smokey.
Mayer Hawthorne

Rock, Big, Influence

A manager should stay as far away as possible from his players. I don't know if I said ten words to Frank Robinson while he played for me.
Earl Weaver

Words, Said, Away

After Jackie Robinson the most important black in baseball history is Reggie Jackson, I really mean that.
Reggie Jackson

History, Important, Mean

Robinson was important to all blacks. To make it into the majors and to take all the name calling, he had to be something special. He had to take all this for years, not just for Jackie Robinson, but for the nation.
Willie Mays

Important, Special, Nation

I have the background singers of Ray Charles, the background singers of Smokey Robinson, and the background singers of Barry White and I built a choir around that.
Della Reese

Around, White, Background

I remember traveling around in Arkansas with Senator Robinson, and I told him what this little trick was. He felt very much part of it and had me take pictures of people unbeknownst to them.
Ben Shahn

Him, Remember, Around

All though I didn't meet him. His legend and his saga and his story is just that. Jackie Robinson, we all have to tip our hat to him. Because he made the game available to guys like me.
Dave Winfield

Game, Him, Made

If somebody had told me in the 1980s that Gerry Adams would shake hands with Ian Paisley or Peter Robinson I would have said put that man in a white suit and lock him up in a padded cell.
Barry McGuigan

Sugar Ray Robinson was at the top of the boxing world during the 1950's when it seemed that he would either win or lose the championship about every three or four months.
Dick Schaap

Win, Lose, Boxing

I produced six movies with Amy Robinson since the very early '80s.
Griffin Dunne

Movies, Since, Early

Smokey Robinson is one of my heroes as a singer and songwriter; a major influence on my own music from the very start.
Daryl Hall

Music, Start, Influence

Everybody who I ever cared about has told me that they like my music: Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Al Green, The Spinners, Smokey Robinson. Everybody that matters.
Daryl Hall

Music, Everybody, Matters

I like most of the Humphrey Bogart movies because they had to act then, and they acted very well. Edward G. Robinson is probably the best actor I've ever seen on the movies.
Patrick Macnee

Best, Movies, Act

One of the perks of being an actor is to get to meet athletes that you respect. Especially who played before my time. Brooks Robinson is one of those athletes; they just don't make them any nicer.
Josh Charles

Time, Respect, Before

Almost everything in 'A Day With Wilbur Robinson' has some basis in truth. And yes, my sister did pay me to feed her grapes while she talked to her boyfriend on the phone.
William Joyce

Truth, Everything, Her

Nate Robinson has a lot of jumping ability, but I don't see Josh losing.
Dominique Wilkins

Losing, Ability, Jumping

I used to love to see Willie Pep and Ray Robinson. To me, the epitome of a great athlete is a great boxer. I just love the rhythm of seeing a man dance, slip punches. I loved the dancers and boxers. I would see them and be mesmerized.
Emanuel Steward

Love, Great, Dance

I was also very lucky to be a teammate of two of the greatest players to have ever played the game. I learned very early on by playing for Frank Robinson and with Henry Aaron that even the greatest players in the game were just one of the guys.
Robin Yount

Greatest, Game, Two

I am quite surprised, that with all my work, and some of it is very, very good, that nobody talks about The Miracle Worker. We're talking about Mrs. Robinson. I understand the world... I'm just a little dismayed that people aren't beyond it yet.
Anne Bancroft

Work, Good, Understand

Baltimore was like a small town when I got there - the Colts, the Orioles, guys like Frank Robinson, we all knew and respected each other. Everyone would cross paths at one point at Lenny Moore's Sportsman's Lounge, trading stories and having some fun.
Earl Monroe

Fun, Small, Everyone

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