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Letter "J" » Jackie Robinson Quotes
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«Above anything else, I hate to lose.»
Author: Jackie Robinson
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Losing
«Pop flies, in a sense, are just a diversion for a second baseman. Grounders are his stock trade.»
«It kills me to lose. If I'm a troublemaker, and I don't think that my temper makes me one, then it's because I can't stand losing. That's the way I am about winning, all I ever wanted to do was finish first.»
«discover the truth of today, and perhaps find the greatness of tomorrow.»
Author: Jackie Robinson
«This ain't fun. But you watch me, I'll get it done.»
Author: Jackie Robinson
«We have a social responsibility and we are held to a higher standard than other institutions,»
Author: Jackie Robinson
«[Fortunately for Kent, this tempest in a Petri dish has since been squashed, but it was Bradley?s other comments that are echoing in Major League Baseball?s executive suites. He said,] Me being an African American is the most important thing to me ? more important than baseball, White people never want to see race ? with anything. But there?s race involved in baseball. That?s why there?s less than 9 percent African American representation in the game. ... I?m one of the few African Americans that starts here.»
Author: Jackie Robinson
«I think it was one of the greatest times ever in the world to play baseball. Television was in its infancy. Breaking the color barrier,»
Author: Jackie Robinson
«[Knight Ridder Newspapers Helen Keller believed in having a] courageous dignity in the presence of fate. ... discover the truth of today, and perhaps find the greatness of tomorrow.»
Author: Jackie Robinson
«I've been riding on Cloud Nine since the election, and I don't think I'll ever come down. Today, everything is complete.»
Author: Jackie Robinson
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