Impact Lives Quotes by Jackie Robinson

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

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

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

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

In all my years of baseball, I have always expected to be traded. I never liked the idea.

— Jackie Robinson

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

— Jackie Robinson

If I had been white with the things I did, they never would have allowed me to get out of baseball.

— Jackie Robinson

This ain't fun. But you watch me, I'll get it done.

— Jackie Robinson

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

— Jackie Robinson

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

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

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

The right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our time.

— Jackie Robinson

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

— Jackie Robinson

I do not believe that every person, in every walk of life, can succeed in spite of any handicap. That would be perfection. But…

— Jackie Robinson