#robinson

I produced six movies with Amy Robinson since the very early '80s. ↗

— Griffin Dunne

#early #i #movies #produced #robinson

I have the background singers of Ray Charles, the background singers of Smokey Robinson, and the background singers of Barry White and I built a choir around that. ↗

— Della Reese

#background #barry #barry white #built #charles

I used to tell Jackie (Robinson) sometimes when they were throwing at him, 'Jackie, they aren't throwing at you because you are black. They are throwing at you because they don't like you. ↗

— Pee Wee Reese

#black #him #i #jackie #like

Leadership, he was discovering, had its ups and downs—kind of like the bowsprit on a swelling sea. ↗

— Michael Robert Evans

#inspirational #inspirational

I've got a basketball signed by all the greats from Julius Irving to Oscar Robinson. It was at an All Star game I got them all to sign it. So that ain't going nowhere. I'm going to die with that in my casket. ↗

— Ice Cube

#casket #die #game #going #got

Nate Robinson has a lot of jumping ability, but I don't see Josh losing. ↗

— Dominique Wilkins

#i #josh #jumping #losing #lot

I was also very lucky to be a teammate of two of the greatest players to have ever played the game. I learned very early on by playing for Frank Robinson and with Henry Aaron that even the greatest players in the game were just one of the guys. ↗

— Robin Yount

#also #early #even #ever #frank

When I went to Brooklyn in 1948 Jackie Robinson was at the height of his brilliant career. ↗

— Ernie Harwell

#brooklyn #career #height #his #i

I let my game do the talking. I've had incidents like that but when I compare my own story to the stories that have happened forty or fifty years ago particularly to Jackie Robinson for example. ↗

— Maurice Ashley

#compare #example #fifty #for example #forty

Jim Crow was king... and I heard a game in which Jackie Robinson was playing, and I felt pride in being alive. ↗

— Lou Brock

#being #crow #felt #game #heard