I speak to you only as an American who happens to be an American Negro and one who is proud of that heritage. We ask for nothing special. We ask only that we be permitted to compete on an even basis, and if we are not worthy, then the competition shall, per se, eliminate us.
タグ: nothing, speak, proud, competition, you

"Jackie Robinson"の他の名言

I want everybody to understand that I am an American Negro first before I am a member of any political party.
タグ: want, understand, political, i-am
I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.
タグ: being, your, respect, you, me
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.
タグ: opinion, your, you, life
I cannot salute the flag; I know that I am a black man in a white world. In 1972, in 1947, at my birth in 1919, I know that I never had it made.
タグ: black, i-am, world, man
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.
タグ: lose, winning, i-am, me
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