Jackie Robinson Quotes and Sayings
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“A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.”
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“I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.”
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“Life is not a spectator sport. If you're going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you're wasting your life.”
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“I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.”
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“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 all go.”
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“There's not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.”
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“At the beginning of the World Series of 1947, I experienced a completely new emotion when the National Anthem was played. This time, I thought, it is being played for me, as much as for anyone else.”
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“The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.”
-- Jackie Robinson