Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson
Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinsonwas an American Major League Baseballsecond baseman who became the first African American to play in the major leagues in the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when the Brooklyn Dodgers started him at first base on April 15, 1947. The Dodgers, by playing Robinson, heralded the end of racial segregation that had relegated black players to the Negro leagues since the 1880s. Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth31 January 1919
CityCairo, GA
CountryUnited States of America
Negroes aren't seeking anything which is not good for the nation as well as ourselves. In order for America to be 100 percent strong -- economically, defensively and morally -- we cannot afford the waste of having second- and third-class citizens.
How you played in yesterday's game is all that counts.
Life is not a spectator sport.
I ought to break this trophy into 32 pieces
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.
The right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our time.
Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead.
I know that I am a black man in a white world. . . I know that I never had it made.
This ain't fun. But you watch me, I'll get it done.
The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.
I guess you'd call me an independent, since I've never identified myself with one party or another in politics. I always decide my vote by taking as careful a look as I can at the actual candidates and issues themselves, no matter what the party label.
I am not concerned with being liked or disliked. I am concerned with being respected
Next time I go to a movie and see a picture of a little ordinary girl become a great star… I’ll believe it. And whenever I hear my wife read fairy tales to my little boy, I’ll listen. I know now that dreams do come true.
Above anything else, I hate to lose.