But you can get those at any ballpark at any time. — Jackie Robinson

It was mostly insults, but you can get those at any ballpark at any time. — Jackie Robinson

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. — Jackie Robinson

My problem was my inability to spend much time at home. I thought my family was secure, so I went running around everyplace else. I guess I had more of an effect on other people’s kids than I did my own. — Jackie Robinson

Relationships may change throughout the gift of time, memories stay the same forever in my mind. — Jackie Robinson

The old Dodgers were something special, but of my teammates overall, there was nobody like Pee Wee Reese for me. — Jackie Robinson

I know that I am a black man in a white world. . . I know that I never had it made. — Jackie Robinson

After two years at UCLA, I decided to leave. I was convinced that no amount of education would help a black man get a job. — Jackie Robinson

I cannot salute the flag; I know that I am a black man in a white world. In 1972, in 1947, at my birth in 1919, I know that I never had it made. — Jackie Robinson

When I look back at what I had to go through in black baseball, I can only marvel at the many black players who stuck it out for years in the Jim Crow leagues because they had nowhere else to go. — Jackie Robinson

But as I write these words now I cannot stand and sing the National Anthem. I have learned that I remain a black in a white world. — Jackie Robinson

Blacks have had to learn to protect themselves by being cynical but not cynical enough to slam the door on potential opportunities. We go through life walking a tightrope to prevent too much disillusionment. — Jackie Robinson

The black press, some liberal sportswriters, and even a few politicians were banging away at those Jim Crow barriers in baseball. I never expected the walls to come tumbling down in my lifetime. — Jackie Robinson

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. — Jackie Robinson

In my opinion, baseball is as big a business as anything there is. It has to be a business, the way it is conducted. — Jackie Robinson

In all my years of baseball, I have always expected to be traded. I never liked the idea. — Jackie Robinson

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. — Jackie Robinson

Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he’s losing; nobody wants you to quit when you’re ahead. — Jackie Robinson

It would make everything I worked for meaningless if baseball is integrated but political parties were segregated. — Jackie Robinson

I want everybody to understand that I am an American Negro first before I am a member of any political party. — Jackie Robinson

There’s not an American in this country free until every one of us is free. — Jackie Robinson

Sharon Robinson (Jackie Robinson: American Hero) —

The right of every American to first–class citizenship is the most important issue of our time. — Jackie Robinson

I’m not goin’ anywhere, I’m right here! — Jackie Robinson

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. — Jackie Robinson