Jackie Robinson Quotes - Page 2

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• When he (Richard Nixon) took the oath of office, he pledged to be the president for 100% of the people, and I challenge the president to prove that he is being the president for 100% of the people.

  Jackie Robinson

  Oath Of Office, People, Challenges

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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 taking as careful a look as I can at the actual candidates and issues themselves, no matter what the party label.

  Jackie Robinson

  Party, Independent, Issues

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• I'm not goin' anywhere, I'm right here!

  Jackie Robinson

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• It's not easy to be a martyr in the field of race relations.

  Jackie Robinson

  Race, Civil Rights, Fields

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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.

  Jackie Robinson

  Baseball, Games, Done

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• Baseball, like some other sports, poses as a sacred institution dedicated to the public good, but it is actually a big, selfish business with a ruthlessness that many big businesses would never think of displaying.

  Jackie Robinson

  Sports, Baseball, Selfish

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• You're going to be a great player, kid.

  Jackie Robinson

  Baseball, Kids, Player

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• Are you looking for a Negro who won't fight back?

  Jackie Robinson

  Fighting

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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. That's the way I am about winning, all I ever wanted to do was finish first.

  Jackie Robinson

  Winning, Thinking, Way

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• I don't like needing anyone for anything.

  Jackie Robinson

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

  Jackie Robinson

  Pops, Trade, Diversion

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• I ought to break this trophy into 32 pieces

  Jackie Robinson

  Baseball, Pieces, Trophies

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