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I know a lot of people on the field - players, coaches, managers - are glad that I'm gone. ↗

— Frank Robinson

#field #glad #gone #i #know

No, I don't think my presence will cause an increase in black attendance at Cleveland. ↗

— Frank Robinson

#black #cause #cleveland #i #increase

The fan is the one who suffers. He cheers a guy to a .350 season then watches that player sign with another team. When you destroy fan loyalties, you destroy everything. ↗

— Frank Robinson

#cheers #destroy #everything #fan #guy

The way we're going... if I called up another pitcher, he'd just hang up the phone on me. ↗

— Frank Robinson

#called #going #hang #i #just

A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives. ↗

— Jackie Robinson

#except #impact #important #lives #other

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

#baseball #game #like #losing #nobody

Gay people got a right to be as miserable as everybody else. ↗

— Chris Rock

#everybody #everybody else #gay #got #miserable

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. ↗

— Jackie Robinson

#am #because #ever #finish #first

There's not an American in this country free until every one of us is free. ↗

— Jackie Robinson

#country #every #free #until #us

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. ↗

— Jackie Robinson

#always #another #call #candidates #careful