Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary.
Jim Crow was king... and I heard a game in which Jackie Robinson was playing, and I felt pride in being alive.
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.
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.
After Jackie Robinson the most important black in baseball history is Reggie Jackson, I really mean that.
To be compared to Jackie Robinson is an enormous compliment, but I don't think it's necessarily deserved.
Jackie Robinson is a true legend.
Electing Barack Obama president was a glorious Jackie Robinson moment for the United States of America. Obama didn't just win; he became the first Democrat since Jimmy Carter to win a popular-vote majority.
I have nothing but all the respect in the world for Jackie Robinson.
What I found fascinating was just how quickly the best of the young Negro League players were drafted into the major leagues once Branch Rickey broke the color line by hiring Jackie Robinson. It was clear that all of the major league owners already knew the talents of the black ballplayers that they had refused to let into their league.
