Life is not a spectator sport. If you’re going to spend your whole life in the grandstand — Jack Roosevelt Robinson
It kills me to lose. If I’m a troublemaker, and I don’t think that my temper makes me one — Jack Roosevelt Robinson
I guess you’d call me an independent, since I’ve never identified myself with one — Jack Roosevelt Robinson
Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he’s losing; nobody wants you to quit when you’re ahead. — Jack Roosevelt Robinson
There’s not an american in this country free until every one of us is free. — Jack Roosevelt Robinson
The right of every american to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our time. — Jack Roosevelt Robinson
Pop flies, in a sense, are just a diversion for a second baseman. Grounders are his stock trade. — Jack Roosevelt Robinson