A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.
Above anything else, I hate to lose.
Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead.
How you played in yesterday's game is all that counts.
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.
I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.
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.
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.
Pop flies, in a sense, are just a diversion for a second baseman. Grounders are his stock trade.
The right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our time.
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.
There's not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.
This ain't fun. But you watch me, I'll get it done.
Jackie had a career high 12 triples in 1949 finishing 3rd in the National League. He has two other top-10 seasons and retired with a total of 54.
Jackie averaged more than 5 triples per season during his 10-year career. In 1949 he had a career best 12.
Jackie had 1,518 hits in his career with his best season being 1949 with 203.
Jackie led the National league in stolen bases twice (1947 & 1949) and was in the top seven in nine of his ten seasons.
In World Series play Jackie batted .234 with two home runs and twelve RBIs.
Jackie's widow Rachel accepted the Congressional Gold Medal in Jackie's name on October 29, 2003.
Jackie was an All-Star at three different positions, 2B, 3B and OF.
Before the bombing of Pear Harbor and his entrance into the U.S Army, Jackie played professional football in Honolulu, Hawaii.
On July 23, 1962 Jackie became the first African American to be inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame.
Jackie had a lifetime batting average of .311.
Jackie was a Lieutenant in the United States Army during World War II.
In 1973 Jackie's wife Rachel established the Jackie Robinson Foundation. The foundation continues to award scholarships to deserving students to this day.
Jackie was a member of Brooklyn's first ever World Championship in 1955.
Jackie Robinson was named the National League Rookie of the Year in 1947.
Jackie became the first athlete at U.C.L.A. to earn a letter in four sports. They were baseball, track, football and basketball.
Jackie retired from playing baseball on January 5, 1957.
You can share a link to this page with your friend!