Above anything else, I hate to lose.

Quote by Jackie Robinson

Topics: Jackie Robinson Quotes

The way I figured it, I was even with baseball and baseball with me. The...

The way I figured it, I was even with baseball and baseball with me. The...

Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants...

Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants...

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

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

The way I figured it, I was even with baseball and baseball with me. The...

The way I figured it, I was even with baseball and baseball with me. The...

Pop flies, in a sense, are just a diversion for a second baseman. Grounders are...

Pop flies, in a sense, are just a diversion for a second baseman. Grounders are...

Above anything else, I hate to lose.

Above anything else, I hate to lose.

I guess you'd call me an independent, since I've never identified myself with one party...

I guess you'd call me an independent, since I've never identified myself with one party...

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

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

It kills me to lose. If I'm a troublemaker, and I don't think that my...

It kills me to lose. If I'm a troublemaker, and I don't think that my...

The right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our...

The right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our...

Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants...

Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants...

How you played in yesterday's game is all that counts.

How you played in yesterday's game is all that counts.

How you played in yesterday's game is all that counts.

How you played in yesterday's game is all that counts.

This ain't fun. But you watch me, I'll get it done.

This ain't fun. But you watch me, I'll get it done.

Life is not a spectator sport. If you're going to spend your whole life in...

Life is not a spectator sport. If you're going to spend your whole life in...

I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you...

I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you...

The gifts of an honorable, well-lived life are in those who will miss you once...

The gifts of an honorable, well-lived life are in those who will miss you once...

Would that there were an award for people who come to understand the concept of...

Would that there were an award for people who come to understand the concept of...

Treat others as you want them to treat you because what goes around comes around

Treat others as you want them to treat you because what goes around comes around

Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under...

Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under...