A Quote by Sidney Poitier

Jackie Robinson is a true legend.

Sidney Poitier

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Sidney Poitier
American - Actor
February 20, 1924 - January 6, 2022

All though I didn't meet him. His legend and his saga and his story is just that. Jackie Robinson, we all have to tip our hat to him. Because he made the game available to guys like me.

Dave Winfield

Jackie was speaking at a drugstore, and I said, 'I'm not going to get this opportunity again, so I better take my chances and listen to Jackie Robinson now.' Little did I know, I got front row seats, and next to me was my father.

Hank Aaron

Robinson was important to all blacks. To make it into the majors and to take all the name calling, he had to be something special. He had to take all this for years, not just for Jackie Robinson, but for the nation.

Willie Mays

He struck a mighty blow for equality, freedom and the American way of life. Jackie Robinson was a good citizen, a great man, and a true American champion.

Ronald Reagan

If I was the Jackie Robinson of golf, I sure didn't do a very good job of it. Jackie was followed by hundreds of great black ballplayers who have transformed their sport... But there are hardly any black kids coming up through the ranks of golf today.

Charlie Sifford

I used to tell Jackie (Robinson) sometimes when they were throwing at him, 'Jackie, they aren't throwing at you because you are black. They are throwing at you because they don't like you.

Pee Wee Reese

I have nothing but all the respect in the world for Jackie Robinson.

Vernon Law

I see similarities between Jackie Robinson and myself.

Fallon Fox

Mine was an easy ride compared to Jackie Robinson's.

Sidney Poitier

Every time I look at my pocketbook, I see Jackie Robinson.

Willie Mays

When I went to Brooklyn in 1948 Jackie Robinson was at the height of his brilliant career.

Ernie Harwell

To be compared to Jackie Robinson is an enormous compliment, but I don't think it's necessarily deserved.

Sidney Poitier

It's not every day you get to be in a movie about Jackie Robinson, so you want to do it as right as you can.

Andre Holland

Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

People look at black pride in America and sport's impact on it. In the major cities it took off the first time Jackie Robinson stole home. In the deep South, it started with Eddie Robinson, who took a small college in northern Louisiana with little or no funds and sent the first black to the pros and made everyone look at him and Grambling.