“The way I figured it, I was even with baseball and baseball with me. T...” — Jackie Robinson Quote

“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.”

“I felt unhappy and trapped. If I left baseball, where could I go, what could I do to earn enough money to help my mother and to marry Rachel? The solution to my problem was only days away in the hands of a tough, shrewd, courageous man called Branch Rickey, the president of the Brooklyn Dodgers.”

“During my life, I have had a few nightmares which happened to me while I was wide awake. One of them was the National Republican Convention in San Francisco, which produced the greatest disaster the Republican Party has ever known - Nominee Barry Goldwater.”

“Basketball's eras are defined by teams - Celtics, Lakers, Bulls - and baseball's epochs are defined by players - Ruth, Robinson, Mantle - but with football, it's the sideline strategists, the nutty professors and top coated Lears.”

“Like, I did baseball, football, or track - I never really worked on a sport every day for years like most kids that hoop.”

“Growing up, I didn't like basketball. I played football and baseball and ran some track.”