Looking for the best and inspirational Jackie Robinson quotes?
Jackie Robinson was one of the best athletes in the world, and he changed the game for all black people. He was a powerful role model for many people because of his immense success and dedication to excellence.
He began his professional baseball career in 1943 when he signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National League. He made history by becoming the first African-American player in Major League Baseball.
Jackie Robinson was a man with a fantastic story to tell. He was born into poverty, illiteracy, and segregation in Georgia. Despite all these disadvantages, he became the first African American Major League Baseball player at age 25 in 1947 with his move to Brooklyn Dodgers from the Kansas City Monarchs.
This is just one example of how somebody can overcome their challenges and become successful – even if society said they couldn’t do it before. Take a look at some of his most famous and inspirational quotes on life, success, and equality that can help you achieve your goals.
Top 40 Most Inspiring Jackie Robinson Quotes
“During my life, I have had a few nightmares which happened to me while I was wide awake.”
“I don’t like needing anyone for anything.”
“I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me… All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.”
“This ain’t fun. But you watch me, I’ll get it done.”
“If I had been white with the things I did, they never would have allowed me to get out of baseball.”
“Pop flies, in a sense, are just a diversion for a second baseman. Grounders are his stock trade.”
“I don’t like needing anyone for anything.”
“It would make everything I worked for meaningless if baseball is integrated but political parties were segregated.”
“We’re in a real crisis situation where many times people are being turned away at the door.”
“The right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our time.”
“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.”
“I’m grateful for all the breaks and honors and opportunities I’ve had, but I always believe I won’t have it made until the humblest black kid in the most remote backwoods of America has it made.”
“Plenty of times I wanted to haul off when somebody insulted me for the color of my skin, but I had to hold to myself. I knew I was kind of an experiment. The whole thing was bigger than me.”
“No matter how much or how little I knew technically, I was able to get the best out of people I worked with.”
“There’s not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.”
“The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.”
“Many people resented my impatience and honesty, but I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.”
“Life is not a spectator sport.”
“We’re in a real crisis situation where many times people are being turned away at the door.”
“Are you looking for a Negro who won’t fight back?”
“We have a social responsibility and we are held to a higher standard than other institutions,“
“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.”
“Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he’s losing; nobody wants you to quit when you’re ahead.”
There’s not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.”
“A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.”
“I do not believe that every person, in every walk of life, can succeed in spite of any handicap. That would be perfection. But I do believe that what I was able to attain came to be because we put behind us (no matter how slowly) the dogmas of the past: to discover the truth of today; and perhaps the greatness of tomorrow.”
“A life isn’t significant except for its impact on others’ lives.”
“The way I figured it, I was even with baseball and baseball with me. The game had done much for me, and I had done much for it.”
“I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.”
“Above anything else, I hate to lose.”
“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,“
“I don’t let my mouth say nothin’ my head can’t stand.”
“How you played in yesterday’s game is all that counts.”
“When I am playing baseball, I give it all that I have on the ball field. When the ball game is over, I certainly don’t take it home. My little girl who is sitting out there wouldn’t know the difference between a third strike and a foul ball.”
“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.”
“I think if we go back and check our record, the Negro has proven beyond a doubt that we have been more than patient in seeking our rights as American citizens.”
“I am not concerned with being liked or disliked. I am concerned with being respected”
“There’s not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.”
“I don’t think it matters what I believe, only what I do.”
“This ain’t fun. But you watch me, I’ll get it done.”
“discover the truth of today, and perhaps find the greatness of tomorrow.”
