Jackie Robinson

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

"I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free so other people be also free."

"It took a lot of courage to ask, and a lot of courage to say yes."

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

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal—it is the courage to continue that counts."

"Pressure is a privilege in the arena of competition."

"We all have to face fears that seem insurmountable at first."

"The great lesson in life, Jackie Robinson once said, is never to be afraid to do what is right."

"I believe that each of us has a stake in the other's success."

"The way a team plays as a whole determines its success."

"You can't go forward while looking backward."

"Knowing what's right does not mean much unless you do what is right."

"I've never had much patience with dreams or minorities within minorities."

"The most dangerous thing in the world is to try to leap a chasm in two jumps."

"Above anything else, I hate to lose."

"I'm convinced that true integration has yet to come to America."

"Everybody counts or nobody counts."

"Youth of America, stand up for your rights."

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

"We are not makers of history. We are made by history."

"In life, as in baseball, it's important to keep your eye on the ball."

"The thing that I've always been most proud of is that I owe my existence to the devotion of two people."

"If you're not willing to fight for what you believe in, then you don't believe in it that much."

"Jackie Robinson understood that breaking barriers requires both talent and tremendous character."

"I want to thank all the people that made this day necessary."

"Let's not forget that the man in the ghetto is oppressed."

"America has not always been strictly enforcing guaranteed rights."

"We cannot rest until the door to opportunity is open to all."

"There's something in human nature which we can't bear."

"I will never forget the debt I owe to my mother."