Jackie Robinson

I had to fight hard against loneliness, abuse, and the knowledge that any mistakes I made would be magnified because I was…

— Jackie Robinson

After two years at UCLA, I decided to leave. I was convinced that no amount of education would help a black man…

— Jackie Robinson

I have always been grateful to Colonel Longley. He proved to me that when people in authority take a stand, good can…

— Jackie Robinson

Today, Negroes play on every big league club and in every minor league. With millions of other Negroes in other walks of…

— 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…

— Jackie Robinson

I cannot possibly believe that I have it made while so many black brothers and sisters are hungry, inadequately housed, insufficiently clothed,…

— 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…

— 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…

— Jackie Robinson

Next time I go to a movie and see a picture of a little ordinary girl become a great star… I’ll believe…

— Jackie Robinson

“A life has no importance except in the impact it has on other lives”

— Jackie Robinson

My protest about the post exchange seating bore some results. More seats were allocated for blacks, but there were still separate sections…

— Jackie Robinson

I felt unhappy and trapped. If I left baseball, where could I go, what could I do to earn enough money to…

— Jackie Robinson

How you played in yesterday's game is all that counts.

— Jackie Robinson

Life is not a spectator sport. If you're going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on,…

— Jackie Robinson

I am not concerned with being liked or disliked. I am concerned with being respected

— Jackie Robinson

My problem was my inability to spend much time at home. I thought my family was secure, so I went running around…

— Jackie Robinson

It would make everything I worked for meaningless if baseball is integrated but political parties were segregated.

— Jackie Robinson

Blacks have had to learn to protect themselves by being cynical but not cynical enough to slam the door on potential opportunities.…

— Jackie Robinson