Quotes
“I am not concerned about your liking or disliking
me…All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.”
“Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead.”
“A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.”
“Life is not a spectator sport. If you’re going to spend your life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you’re wasting your life.”
“There’s not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.”
“Pop flies, in a sense, are just a diversion for a second baseman. Grounders are his stock trade.”
“The way I figured it, I was even with baseball and it with me. The game had done much for me, and I had done much for it.”
“How you played in yesterday’s game is all that counts.”
“This ain’t fun. But you watch me, I’ll get it done.”
“The right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our time.”
“Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead.”
“A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.”
“Life is not a spectator sport. If you’re going to spend your life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you’re wasting your life.”
“There’s not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.”
“Pop flies, in a sense, are just a diversion for a second baseman. Grounders are his stock trade.”
“The way I figured it, I was even with baseball and it with me. The game had done much for me, and I had done much for it.”
“How you played in yesterday’s game is all that counts.”
“This ain’t fun. But you watch me, I’ll get it done.”
“The right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our time.”