Above anything else, I hate to lose.
Jackie Robinson

A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.
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

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

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

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