There's not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.
Jackie RobinsonRead
How you played in yesterday's game is all that counts.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Focus on your past performance to gauge your success.
Jackie Robinson emphasizes that the results of your previous efforts determine your success, not merely intentions or expectations for the future. It serves as a reminder that actions and outcomes are what truly matter in evaluating one's achievements.
Themes
PerformanceSuccessGameEffortsAchievement
In practice
Example use cases
During a motivational speech to athletes, one could quote Jackie Robinson to inspire them to focus on their past game performance.
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My problem was my inability to spend much time at home. I thought my family was secure, so I went running around everyplace else. I guess I had more of an effect on other people's kids than I did my own.
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I had no future with the Dodgers, because I was too closely identified with Branch Rickey. After the club was taken over by Walter O'Malley, you couldn't even mention Mr. Rickey's name in front of him. I considered Mr. Rickey the greatest human being I had ever known.
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The colonel replied that he didn't care how my men had got the job done. He was happy that it had been accomplished. He said that, obviously, no matter how much or how little I knew technically, I was able to get the best out of people I worked with.
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When I look back at what I had to go through in black baseball, I can only marvel at the many black players who stuck it out for years in the Jim Crow leagues because they had nowhere else to go.
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