"Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants……" — Jackie Robinson
"Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead."
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29 Quotes by Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson has 29 quotes on this site.
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It's not easy to be a martyr in the field of race relations.
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Relationships may change throughout the gift of time, memories stay the same forever in my mind.
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I do not believe that every person, in every walk of life, can succeed in spite of any handicap. That…
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Above anything else, I hate to lose.
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The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.
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At the beginning of the World Series of 1947, I experienced a completely new emotion when the National Anthem was…
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Next time I go to a movie and see a picture of a little ordinary girl become a great star……
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I don’t think it matters what I believe, only what I do.
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I had to fight hard against loneliness, abuse, and the knowledge that any mistakes I made would be magnified because…
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This ain't fun. But you watch me, I'll get it done.
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I ought to break this trophy into 32 pieces
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There's not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.
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More Ahead Quotes
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The life ahead can only be glorious if you learn to live in total harmony with the Lord.
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I put my career in second place throughout both my marriages and it suffered. I don't regret it. You make…
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Put your trust in the Lord and go ahead. Worry gets you no place.
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Stand-up came out of three things. Frustration, necessity and arrogance. I didn't have a great career ahead of me in…
— Eric Bana
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Oh, I would love to be a motivational speaker. I have pulled myself out of a million potholes, and I…
— Drew Barrymore
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There is only one way left to escape the alienation of present day society: to retreat ahead of it.
— Roland Barthes
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We can't cross that bridge until we come to it, but I always like to lay down a pontoon ahead…
— Bernard Baruch
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The great person is ahead of their time, the smart make something out of it, and the blockhead, sets themselves…
— Jean Baudrillard
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The worst is still ahead of us. But no one in Washington has the spine to tell you that.
— Glenn Beck
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No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today enjoy it…
— Henry Ward Beecher
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On the Northern Ireland question, for instance, the British and Irish governments prohibit media contact with members of the IRA,…
— Kate Adie
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In nonviolence you must go full steam ahead, if you want the good to come speedily you must go about…
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