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Jackie Robinson [1919-1972] American

Rank: 101
Athlete, Baseball second baseman

Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson was an American professional baseball second baseman who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era.

Independence, Life, Politics, Respect, Sports, Time

Quote	Tags	Rank
A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.	Life	101
I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.	Respect	102
There's not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.		103
Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead.		104
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.		105
Above anything else, I hate to lose.		106
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.	Independence, Politics	107
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.		108
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.	Sports	109
The right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our time.	Time	110
This ain't fun. But you watch me, I'll get it done.		111
How you played in yesterday's game is all that counts.		112
Pop flies, in a sense, are just a diversion for a second baseman. Grounders are his stock trade.		113

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