When I am playing baseball, I give it all that I have on the ball field. When the ball game is over, I certainly don't take it home. My little girl who is sitting out there wouldn't know the difference between a third strike and a foul ball. We don't talk about baseball at home.

After two years at UCLA, I decided to leave. I was convinced that no amount of education would help a black man get a job.

If I had been white with the things I did, they never would have allowed me to get out of baseball.

Jackie Robinson Quotes