25 Quotes from Jackie Robinson

Plus, his Experience at the 1964 Republican Convention

ABC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Jackie Robinson was much more than the individual who broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball (MLB). After his Hall of Fame baseball career, he went on to become an ABC sports announcer and an active proponent of civil rights who attended the 1964 Republican Convention as a delegate. Here are 25 quotes from Robinson and the letter he wrote after he attended that convention.

1. I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me… All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.
2. 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.
3. A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.
4. I had to fight hard against loneliness, abuse, and the knowledge that any mistakes I made would be magnified because I was the only black man out there… I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.
5. There’s not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.
6. The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.
7. A life isn’t significant except for its…