I felt unhappy and trapped. If I left baseball, where could I go, what could I do to earn enough money to help my mother and to marry Rachel? The solution to my problem was only days away in the… — Jackie Robinson Copy Share Image
I had no future with the Dodgers, because I was too closely identified with Branch Rickey. After the club was taken over by Walter O'Malley, you couldn't even mention Mr. Rickey's name in front of him. I considered Mr. Rickey… — Jackie Robinson Copy Share Image
I had to fight hard against loneliness, abuse, and the knowledge that any mistakes I made would be magnified because I was the only… — Jackie Robinson Copy Share Image
After two years at UCLA, I decided to leave. I was convinced that no amount of education would help a black man get a… — Jackie Robinson Copy Share Image
I have always been grateful to Colonel Longley. He proved to me that when people in authority take a stand, good can come out… — Jackie Robinson Copy Share Image
Today, Negroes play on every big league club and in every minor league. With millions of other Negroes in other walks of life, we… — Jackie Robinson Copy Share Image
In all my years of baseball, I have always expected to be traded. I never liked the idea. — Jackie Robinson Copy Share Image
Pop flies, in a sense, are just a diversion for a second baseman. Grounders are his stock trade. — Jackie Robinson Copy Share Image
If I had been white with the things I did, they never would have allowed me to get out of baseball. — Jackie Robinson Copy Share Image
If I had to choose between baseball’s Hall of Fame and first class citizenship for all of my people. I would say first-class citizenship. — Jackie Robinson Copy Share Image
I cannot possibly believe that I have it made while so many black brothers and sisters are hungry, inadequately housed, insufficiently clothed, denied their… — Jackie Robinson Copy Share Image
I don't think that I or any other Negro, as an American citizen, should have to ask for anything that is rightfully his. We… — Jackie Robinson Copy Share Image
