93 Quotes by Jackie Robinson

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.

I don’t like needing anyone for anything.

How you played in yesterday’s game is all that counts.

You’re going to be a great player, kid.

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 don’t let my mouth say nothin’ my head can’t stand.

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.

I ought to break this trophy into 32 pieces.

It’s not easy to be a martyr in the field of race relations.