The path was not easier for Jackie Robinson simply because he embraced God. — Ed Henry Copy Share Image
Major League Baseball should retire Roberto Clemente's number, just like they did Jackie Robinson's. — Carlos Beltran Copy Share Image
The D.C. sniper is the "Jackie Robinson" of crime! He broke into the crazy White leagues! — Cedric The Entertainer Copy Share Image
After Jackie Robinson the most important black in baseball history is Reggie Jackson, I really mean that. — Reggie Jackson Copy Share Image
There was never a man in the game who could put mind and muscle together quicker and with better judgment than (Jackie)… — Branch Rickey Copy Share Image
After Jackie Robinson the most important black in baseball history is — Reggie Jackson Copy Share Image
This guy don't come to the ballpark to beat you. He comes to beat you bad. This (Jackie) Robinson, he plays a… — Leo Durocher Copy Share Image
There is an incredible film, 42. It's the incredible story of Jackie Robinson. I have extolled the virtues of this movie to… — Larry King Copy Share Image
All the courage and competitiveness of Jackie Robinson affects me to this day. If I patterned my life after anyone it was… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
What I think is really great about this movie [42], that young people who weren't there will have a chance to have… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
I liked Jackie Robinson because he was cool to watch, not because he was black. Every time you turned around, he was… — Cheech Marin Copy Share Image
I'm not a big league manager or a big league player without Jackie Robinson. I'm very fortunate to know his family, and… — Alex Cora Copy Share Image
One of my heroes growing up was Jackie Robinson. My mom, an ardent baseball fan from whom I got my love of… — Jared Polis Copy Share Image
When I were a young man, I used to play baseball and steal bases just like Jackie Robinson. If the empire would… — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image
As much as I loved Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, Junior Gilliam, and Don Newcombe, I loved watching Willie Mays play more than… — Cheech Marin Copy Share Image
In baseball, there is something electrifying about the big leagues. I had read so much about (Stan) Musial, (Ted) Williams and (Jackie)… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
What I found fascinating was just how quickly the best of the young Negro League players were drafted into the major leagues… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
You look at how Barack Obama has had to conduct himself as President. It reminds me of Jackie Robinson, how he had… — Ato Essandoh Copy Share Image
I cannot but feel that the one man, above all others, who deserves the eternal thanks of his own race, and all… — Ford Frick Copy Share Image
O.J. Simpson was primarily interested in O.J. His rise to fame in the late '60s coincided with the period where black athletes… — Ezra Edelman Copy Share Image
I've taken a lot of crap from a lot of people. Probably more than anybody in the history of this sport. I… — John Rocker Copy Share Image
Josh wanted to be the one to break the color barrier. When the Dodgers signed Jackie Robinson he knew it was over… — Ted Page Copy Share Image
Once the record was mine, I had to use it like a Louisville Slugger. I believed, and still do, that there was… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
“One must be without error out here. Walk in a single file. Work quietly. Pack an extra number 2 pencil. Make no… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
When I went to Brooklyn in 1948 Jackie Robinson was at the height of his brilliant career. — Ernie Harwell Copy Share Image
Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
I jack, I rob, I sin. Aw man, I'm Jackie Robinson 'Cept when I run base, I dodge the pen — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
It's not every day you get to be in a movie about Jackie Robinson, so you want to do it as right… — Andre Holland Copy Share Image
Jim Crow was king... and I heard a game in which Jackie Robinson was playing, and I felt pride in being alive — Lou Brock Copy Share Image
“A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.” —Jackie Robinson” — Joy Jordan-Lake Copy Share Image
I wake the dead. I bring Jackie Robinson and the Roosevelts to life. Who do you think Im trying to wake up? — Ken Burns Copy Share Image
To be compared to Jackie Robinson is an enormous compliment, but I don't think it's necessarily deserved. — Sidney Poitier Copy Share Image
The story of Jackie Robinson is also the story of Branch Rickey. He had many reasons for doing what he did, but… — Jim Brown Copy Share Image
We met in an airport in Las Vegas, Harrison Ford and I, and he said, "I just finished a movie called 42.… — Larry King Copy Share Image
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