The many of us who attain what we may and forget those who help us along the line we've got to remember that there are so many others to pull along the way. The farther they go, the further we… — 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
