Coaches Hot Seat NFL Quotes of the Day – Monday, April 1, 2013 – Jackie Robinson
Coaches Hot Seat NFL Quotes of the Day – Monday, April 1, 2013 – Jackie Robinson
“A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.”
And
“I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me… All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.”
And
“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.”
And
“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.”
And
“Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he’s losing; nobody wants you to quit when you’re ahead.”
And
“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.”
Wikipedia: Jackie Robinson